Lactation Counseling and Postpartum Doula Services
Alissa Greenman-Rowe
Somerville, MA
ph: 857-891-7880
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What is a Postpartum Doula?
A postpartum doula provides in-home support to help you and your family adjust to your newborn. The first few weeks after a babies birth can be the hardest emotionally and physically. Postpartum doulas come with a knowledge of infant care, answering any first time parent questions no matter how trivial you may think they sound! Postpartum doulas aid in addressing and preventing postpartum depression, they offer a non biased caring set of hands, and ears.
*New Baby Care: help with the first bath, umbilical cord care, tips on getting baby to sleep, knowledge of what's normal in a newborn, swaddling and soothing techniques.
*Lactation Counseling/Breastfeeding Support: answer any questions regarding breastfeeding, identify and correct any latch issues, pumping and supplementing guidance.
*New Mom Care: a set of eyes and ears to help process your birth experience and your changing moods, help getting you rest, assessing if there's anything deeper going on, making sure you are feeling your best.
*Partner support: providing tips on how you can help, answering any questions you have about baby or mama, knowledge that your partner is being taken care of while you work.
*Help with Older Siblings: creating time for them to get your 100% attention, small suggestions that can help their transition, knowledge of normal behavior when a new baby enters the picture.
*Baby Gear Guidance: before baby comes what are the important things to have?, help figuring out baby slings and wraps, proper carseat placement, etc.
*Meal Preperation
*Light Houskeeping and Laundry
*Home Organizing
*24 hour phone and text support
Tiny Fingers Tiny Toes
Postpartum Doula and Lactation Counseling Services
Serving the greater Boston area
Alissa Greenman-Rowe
Somerville, MA
ph: 857-891-7880
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