Doula Support For The Birth Continuum
Whether you are preparing for your first baby or welcoming another child into your family; this offering provides trauma-informed and holistic support to nurture you through the many layers of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Together, we create space for education, preparation, reflection, and care steeped in ritual while honouring the emotional, physical, relational, and identity shifts that often accompany the transition of Matrescence. Rooted in a deep reverence for life's thresholds, this package offers unique support that recognises the continuum birth as more than the arrival of a baby and for the transformation that it is. One that touches families, relationships, and our understanding of ourselves.
What’s Included:
Complimentary consultation. This is a free 20 initial consultation where I will explain my services to you, answer any questions you/your birth support people may have and where we have the opportunity to get to know one another to establish whether we are right fit.
3 Pregnancy Visits (Each visit approx 2hrs long). I will usually come to your home for these visits at a time that works for you (partners, birth support people & children encouraged). Together we will explore things such as your previous birth experiences, your hopes for your upcoming birth, your birth preferences, fear releasing techniques, postpartum planning for the 4th Trimester and will provide unbiased education to support your journey.
Birth support (on call from 38 weeks in pregnancy) How I support you through birth is completely individualised to suit your needs and desires. (something we will speak to in depth throughout our pregnancy visits). Whether you are birthing at home, at hospital or at your local birth centre - I will be there. Ways that I can support you through birth include (but are not limited to) the following: setting up your calming birth space, guided visualisation/meditations, aromatherapy, supporting you change positions for an active birth, acupressure, massage and affirmations that bring you back to your innate power, while simultaneously holding a safe space for you to birth your baby. I will also support you as needed for the first initial hours after birth, whether that be with establishing breastfeeding, nourishing you with food or anything else you may need to help you feel ready for your first night with baby.
6 Postpartum Visits (Each visit approx 2hrs long). 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. Each postpartum session is so unique and will be shaped completely around your changing needs. Ways that I can support you through postpartum include (but are not limited to) the following: therapeutic conversations, gentle lymphatic massage/bodywork, warming therapies, moxibustion, castor oil treatments, yoni steaming, birth story listening/debriefing, cooking meals in your home, supporting your other children, tending to some light household tasks and support with breastfeeding.
Additional Inclusions:
- Unlimited phone support via text or WhatsApp from the day your deposit is paid until 6 weeks PP.
- Access to my ever-growing library of books on all things pregnancy, birth, postpartum, wild mothering, mindfulness and more.
- Access to Postpartum Yoni Steaming (including herbs, Yoni Steam box & guidance).
- Referrals to additional local supports pending your unique needs.
- Extra pre-natal and post-natal doula services are also available at an additional cost.
Exchange: $4,250 AUD
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.
“Micaela is an absolutely phenomenal human being and doula who was instrumental in helping me to achieve the physiological birth I dreamed of (despite being of “advanced maternal age” and going 2 weeks post dates - the intervention pressures were real!) She is such a beautiful human and the most grounded and gentle person I’ve ever met, which she somehow balances with being an assertive advocate when needed. There were times when my birth could have gone in an unwanted direction however Micaela was there to support and advocate for my wishes when I was too deep in birth to do that for myself. She also took the most incredible footage of my labour and birth that I truly cherish. Micaela’s pre and postpartum support survives were also so lovely and just what I needed; I felt so held and supported. I can’t recommend Micaela and her services highly enough!” - Hayley. B
20 minute free consultation
If you’re interested in getting to know more about Micaela and any of the packages she has to offer, get in touch to book a completely free 20 minute consultation.