Cayla and Kate are the logical choice if you are looking for unique, comprehensive, personalized care that expands your team of support and expertise even further. Joining forces, they bring together their years of experience, additional education (lactation and feeding, infant sleep, and childbirth education), and passion for empowering families and their individual needs, values, and preferences. Their doula support transcends the fundamentals, encompassing in-depth birth preparation, hands-on labour guidance, and advanced early postpartum and feeding care, ensuring an elevated level of support for your journey into parenthood.

• 70-page birth preparation workbook.

• Informational and emotional support via phone, email and texting.

• Two in-depth birth and postpartum prenatal meetings, one with Kate, and one with Cayla, to learn about you, and your feelings and preferences for your birth. Discussions include coping strategies, labour options and preferences, feeding preparation, and postpartum planning. We firmly believe that the preparation that goes into the prenatal stage of your journey helps you become empowered parents, who make informed choices that are right for you and your family.

• Colostrum collection kit and feeding preparation discussion.

• A video call upon booking support to begin your journey together, ask questions, and start discussing your preferences.

• A WhatsApp chat group will be created including Cayla and Kate, and you and your support person or partner.

• Cayla and Kate alternate an on-call/off-call schedule to provide you with 24/7 support. When your labour starts, the doula on-call will provide continuous labour support. In the event of an emergency or backup support is needed, the off-call doula or a backup doula from our team will be arranged.

• Continuous support through your labour and delivery, from home and the hospital or birth centre. Once labour begins, we will communicate by text or video chat until you are ready for in-person doula support. Although there are many “tools” your doula brings to support your family, her most important tools are her hands for counter pressure and massage, her voice for gentle coaching and guidance, and her understanding of the process. Doulas are shown to reduce the need for pain medications, reduce cesarean rates and most importantly increase birth satisfaction. 

• Partner support and guidance. We are not a replacement for your partner and are there to encourage and support them in taking an active role in your birth experience as much as they feel comfortable, as well as step in when they need a break or are feeling overwhelmed. They bring love, we bring knowledge and guidance, and together we all work as a team.

• The use of a labour tens machine, and peanut ball.

• 2 - 3 hours of immediate postpartum assistance to help with the first latch or feeding method of your choice, and help you get settled in the hospital or at home. 

• Photos and/or video on your phone or camera.

• TWO Post-birth check-ins. One post-birth check-in with Cayla, and one post-birth check-in with Kate, typically on days 3 and 7, to ensure your family is adjusting well, answer any questions pertaining to the birth, infant sleep and newborn care, as well as offer advanced feeding support.

• Continued guidance through our WhatsApp group chat for the first 2 weeks after your baby arrives.

• If desired, additional postpartum doula support, breastfeeding support, and infant sleep support with Cayla and Kate can be added to your doula support package. Additional fees apply.