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Birth doula Services
In Portland, Tigard, Beaverton
Looking for a personalized, dedicated support for your childbirth journey in Portland, Oregon or Vancouver, Washington? The doulas within our Birth First community are here to bridge the gaps in care ensuring there is always a trained birth professional by your side who is focused entirely on you.
We take the time to understand your family’s unique needs, preferences, and goals, providing continuous support, advocacy, and reassurance throughout your experience.
You deserve a thoughtful, personalized approach to such a powerful and life changing journey.
What Is A Birth Doula?
Birth doula are professionally trained in how to support families during pregnancy, labor, birth, and immediate postpartum. Doulas do not perform any medical procedures but instead provide you and your partner with continuous emotional, physical, and informational support.
The important role of a birth doula in helping to create better birth outcomes for families is widely embraced in Portland area hospitals and birth centers. As a result, Portland, Tigard, and Beaverton doula are welcomed into the birth room and considered a vital member of your team.
Our community of Portland, Tigard, and Beaverton birth doula are agenda free and never assume there’s a “right” way to give birth. Your goals are our goals, so no matter how your baby comes into this world (unmedicated birth, epidural assisted birth, or cesarean birth), your birth doula will support your family 100% so you’ll have all the tools you need to navigate the medical system, birth your baby, and make informed decisions each step of the way.
Day or night, for a few days or months, a birth doula can help you rest, recover, and bond with your baby!
Birth doula understand that the early days and months with a newborn can feel overwhelming. Our community of postpartum doulas in SW Portland, Tigard, and Beaverton offers judgment free support, grounded in up to date, evidence based care that respects your family’s culture and parenting style.
Just like our dedicated birth doulas, our postpartum doulas provide a calm, compassionate presence helping to strengthen your confidence, affirm your instincts, and support your needs for rest, connection, education, and self care.
You’re only a few simple steps away from feeling supported, cared for, and truly confident on your journey.
Step 1
Choose a postpartum doula from our community of amazing and highly skilled doulas.
Step 2
Decide on a care package that fits your family’s needs and set up services with your doula.
Step 3
Get support so you and your partner can rest, recover, and enjoy your baby.
What are the benefits of postpartum doula services?
Faster Healing
Postpartum doulas encourage rest, nutrition, and healing techniques to help your body recover from birth.
Faster Healing
Postpartum doulas encourage rest, nutrition, and healing techniques to help your body recover from birth.
Feeding Support
Postpartum doulas support all feeding methods: lactation, pumping, bottle feeding, and formula feeding.
Personalized Care
Postpartum doulas really listen and offer care that is tailored to the specific needs of your family.
Family Bonding
Postpartum doulas encourage family bonding in a variety of ways that help you respond to your baby’s needs.
Less Stress
Postpartum doulas help reduce stress by assisting with household chores, newborn care, and baby soothing.
Emotional Wellbeing
Postpartum doulas help decrease feelings of isolation and rates of postpartum depression and anxiety.
What’s The Difference Between A Day & Night Visit?
The role of a birth doula is flexible and adapts to your unique needs shifting from family to family, day to day, and even hour to hour. Whether you need hands-on baby care, emotional support, or simply time to rest, we meet you exactly where you are in the moment.
Our goal is to make your transition into parenthood smoother, calmer, and more supported, giving you the confidence to navigate each day with ease.
Here’s a snapshot of what a typical daytime visit and overnight support can look like:
Day Doula Visit
– Run an errand for you on the way to your home.
– Get an update upon arrival and establish goals for the day.
– Discuss any questions or concerns you may have regarding recovery, newborn care, feeding, sibling adjustment, etc.
– Care for the baby so you can nap, shower, spend time with your older child, do some work, or just take a break.
– Offer support and guidance with feeding challenges.
– Assist you with bathing the baby and organizing the nursery.
– Load the dishwasher and sanitize bottles and pump parts.
– Prepare some healthy snacks or a meal.
– Provide a written timeline of the baby’s activities and the care provided.
Night DoulaVisit
– Get an update upon arrival and establish your goals for the night.
– Discuss any questions or concerns you may have regarding newborn care, newborn sleep, feeding, etc.
– Create a plan for feeding the baby in the night to maximize your ability to sleep, which may include at least one feeding with a bottle, finger syringe, or cup.
– Hold and soothe the baby as needed throughout the night.
– Do a load of baby laundry and sweep the kitchen floor.
– Prepare a nutritious breakfast for you to enjoy when you wake up in the morning.
– Provide a written timeline of the baby’s activities and the care provided through the night.
Becca was wonderful! She helped bring my first child into the world. She was gentle and kind and super patient. Thank Becca!
– Rory L.
5.0
What Families Are Saying
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Becca
Doula ⭐ 5.0 (8 reviews)
Honestly, I don’t know what I would’ve done without Becca. It was my first experience with a doula, and I loved it! She was super supportive, she was with me every step of the pregnancy, even in the birth room.
– Karmani P.
5.0
Becca helped me deliver both my children. At this point, she might as well be part of the family. Highly recommend, you will not be sorry.
– Mackenzie P.
5.0
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