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nurturing support and evidence-based care are at the heart of our birth work. we offer emotional and physical assistance to radically accompany your experience.

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our birth package

learn more about our standard package below, which includes full spectrum care. our standard birth plan can also be customized to meet your needs!

prenatal care

1-3 in-home prenatal visits lasting 2 hours. we focus on designing a birth plan, building trust and confidence, and preparing the body for labor. we work to integrate the balances and alignment practices from Spinning Babies. partners and birth support team members welcome!

  • mapping your birth plan

  • building a strong birth team with your partner, family, or solo

  • guided visualization

  • introduction to The 3 Balances and Daily Exercises for a healthy and prepared body

  • coping skills and techniques for intensity and pain

postpartum

we meet a few days or weeks after your baby is born. we check in about breastfeeding, sleep, and integrate your birth story together. post partum services including mama-care, baby care, child care, and in-home support are also offered at an additional rate.

  • processing your birth experience

  • cooking meals, meal prepping, and grocery shopping

  • herbal sitz baths for perineum healing

  • baby wearing and feeding

  • sibling childcare

  • home and kitchen cleaning

labor & delivery

we meet at home or the hospital, beginning in active labor, until 1-2 hours after your baby is born. we provide comfort measures, alignment and balancing based on Spinning Babies techniques, partner support, and consistency of care. comfort measures include:

  • consistency of care

  • counter pressure

  • hot and cold therapy

  • evidence based, physiological adjustments for reduced pain and easier labor

frequently asked questions

  • we work with families to ensure our doula care can be accessible! our sliding scale is $800-1500 for the standard birth package. we also offer trade, barter, and volunteer services on a case by case basis.

  • willow is a medi-cal approved provider, offering reimbursable services! read more here about the process. we are able to accept most main insurances, including Kaiser.

  • we serve the broader San Francisco Bay Area, with priority to the East Bay (Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Richmond, etc).

  • our services include prenatal care, labor and delivery support, and one postpartum visit. for extended postpartum care, including newborn support, family and home care, and mama focuses healing support, we work at $45-75 an hour, sliding scale.