Postpartum Care
The early days and weeks after birth are not simply a recovery period; they are a rite of passage.
A threshold where a Mother is born alongside her baby. A sacred window of time that needs nurturing.
Across many Eastern traditional cultures, the First 40 Days after birth are revered and recognised as a time to protect the Mother’s healing and bonding between the dyad. A season that is intentionally slower. One where Mothers are relieved of daily responsibilities and surrounded by holistic care so that rest is prioritised without pressure to return to consuming tasks of one’s normal life.
In the First 40 Days, physically, the body is healing from pregnancy and birth. Hormones are shifting, sleep is fragmented, the body is releasing blood, the nervous system is tender and highly responsive. Emotions can feel expansive, raw, joyful and overwhelming (quite often all within the same day). The postpartum body heals slowly and in phases.The First 40 day period is the most sacred of all and how a woman rests in this seasons, lays the foundation for long-term wellbeing; for the Mother, the baby and the family as a whole.
Yet in modern life, many families move through this time without the village that once held them. Without the holistic wisdom necessary to gently guide this season. Wisdom that was once commonly known and shared in community. In modern life, this is where postpartum doula care comes in and is deeply valuable… Irreplaceable.
I bring ease, steadiness, and nurturing support to the tender transition after birth through in-home postpartum visits. Each visit is shaped around your needs in that moment. My intention is to help you feel deeply rested, well nourished, and truly supported. My work is rooted in the wisdom of traditional postpartum care. I weave ancestral practices and nurturing rituals into modern family life, supporting you to experience a slower, more mindful and deeply held beginning to motherhood.
My approach draws on embodied experience, Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine principles, mindfulness, the shared wisdom of Mothers, and evidence-based postpartum/newborn care that comes from a trauma informed Social Work lens. Each session, I adapt to meet the ever changing needs of you and your family by drawing on my collective skillset that I continue to grow.
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This is a package for the woman who has existing support in place and is looking for supplemental care to be additionally nurtured within her postpartum experience. This package is intended for women in all seasons of postpartum - e.g for those who just gave birth, for those who are feeling burnt out in Motherhood or for those who simply wish to be held with more care. Postpartum is forever.
3 x postpartum visits (approx 2hrs per visit): These visits can be used however is most supportive for the Mother; whether the 3 visits are used in one week or within the 3 month period. With every visit I will always bring with me one meal, snack and herbal tonic for you to enjoy. While it is hard to outline what these visits may entail due to the tender nature of postpartum and your needs likely changing each week, we may draw upon therapeutic conversations, gentle lymphatic massage/bodywork, warming therapies, moxibustion, castor oil treatments, yoni steaming, birth story listening/debriefing etc or I may provide more practical support within the home such as supporting your partner with bulk cooking or light cleaning duties.Additional inclusions: text/whatsapp support available 7 days a week from the moment your deposit is made and access to my personal library as well as any other supportive resources I may have at the time.
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$1000 AUD for upfront payment
(Or $1050 AUD for payment plan)Please note to secure my services you may either pay in full OR pay with a $500 non-refundable deposit and an agreed upon payment plan. I know and understand that choosing to have a doula can be an investment for most families and I aim to find a payment structure that aligns for both parties.
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This package is the perfect gift for a pregnant mother or for a woman needing a moment to feel held, heard and seen.
Inclusions:
1 x postpartum visits (approx 2.5hrs): A visit that can be used anytime within 3 months of purchase. I will bring one meal, snack and herbal tonic for you to enjoy. In this visit, we will ensure your unique needs are met and may draw upon therapeutic conversations, gentle lymphatic massage/bodywork, warming therapies, moxibustion, castor oil treatments, yoni steaming, birth story listening/debriefing etc or I may provide more practical support within the home such as supporting your partner with bulk cooking or light cleaning duties. -
$335 AUD
Please note to secure my services you may either pay in full OR pay with a $135 non-refundable deposit and an agreed upon payment plan. I know and understand that choosing to have a doula can be an investment for most families and I aim to find a payment structure that aligns for both parties.
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3 x pregnancy visits (approx 1.5hrs per visit):
Throughout these visits we will outline your hopes for your upcoming birth, identify your birth preferences and create a birth plan that aligns with your hopes/preferences so that these wishes are communicated with your birth team. We may also utilise fear releasing techniques/rituals, explore unbiased education, focus on nervous system regulation, practices to help you to embrace the intensity that often arises in birth, discuss postpartum planning for the 4th trimester, explore techniques that your partner may utilise to support you in birth and overall, ensure you understand physiological birth (and how to protect physiological birth within a medical setting such as a birth centre).6 x postpartum visits (approx 2hrs per visit):
These visits typically occur once per week for the first 6 weeks after you have given birth to ensure you are held and nurtured in your first 40 days. With every visit I will always bring with me one meal, snack and herbal tonic for you to enjoy. While it is hard to outline what these visits may entail due to the tender nature of postpartum and your needs likely changing each week, we may draw upon therapeutic conversations, gentle lymphatic massage/bodywork, warming therapies, moxibustion, castor oil treatments, yoni steaming, birth story listening/debriefing etc or I may provide more practical support within the home such as supporting your partner with bulk cooking or light cleaning duties.Additional inclusions:
Text/whatsapp support available 7 days a week from the moment your deposit is made and access to my personal library as well as any other supportive resources I may have at the time. -
$3000 AUD for upfront payment
(Or $3150 AUD for payment plan)Please note to secure my services you may either pay in full OR pay with a $500 non-refundable deposit and an agreed upon payment plan. I know and understand that choosing to have a doula can be an investment for most families and I aim to find a payment structure that aligns for both parties.
“The level of authentic connection, information and generosity that Micaela gifted me throughout my pregnancy was previously unimaginable. I never would have thought such a type of care was possible, until I got to experience it first hand. Micaela’s warmth, vibrancy and devotion is truly one of a kind. Without her, my pregnancy and postpartum experience wouldn’t have been the delight it was. Having her by my side through it all has allowed me to re enter motherhood with confidence in my intuition and excitement for what is to come. If I ever fall pregnant again, reaching out to have Micaela as my doula will be the first thing I do.”
— Lucy . B