Birth Support
Continuous doula care through your pregnancy and birth that is grounded in connection, compassion and respect through a neuroaffirming and trauma-sensitive lens.
Birth isn’t just one day, and motherhood leaves no one as it found them; they are incredibly powerful experiences. My support is grounded in connection, respect and compassion. I see you in your birth and mothering journey and hold you at the centre. I celebrate your authentic self, needs and values. You’ll be powerful, confident, knowledgeable, cared for and held.
Want to know more? Deep dive into this offering below.
This can look like:
- 4 sessions before birth to dive deep together
- Ongoing support from the time of booking via email and text
- A digital copy of The Birth Map(R) by Catherine Bell
- Your personalised Birth Pathways created in my signature template
- Birth affirmations and labour tools.
- An on call period from 38 weeks until your baby arrives.
- A network of back up doulas.
- Labour and/or birth support up until 2 hours after your baby is born.
- My Postpartum Planning Guide
- Discounted access to all Alex Elisabeth events and circles during your pregnancy.
- A postpartum visit to debrief your experience and celebrate you.
- Gifts along the way.
I support families within an hour of Diamond Creek in person or offer online support for those further away.
Investment: $2,999
Payment plans and customisations based on your needs are always available.
Optional add ons include Mother Blessings, Postpartum Planning Sessions, Birth debriefs, Birth Education Courses and Postpartum Support.
Image credit: Photo: Evie + Oak Photography with thanks to C & C for kindly sharing
More ways I can support you
Birth, Postpartum & Motherhood Support
By your side for pregnancy, birth and as you enter parenting.
Doula in your pocket
Birth Mapping sessions and stand-alone sessions and workshops.
The deep dive
My Birth Support holds you and your family at the centre.
From the time we connect I’ll get to know you and your family; your lived experiences, your values, what you need in this powerful time, what makes you feel loved and safe. Oh, and your coffee order, too. I’m not just there for our in person sessions, but chats (love a chat), check-ins, celebrating the exciting moments, offering a listening ear and acting as your very own pregnancy, birth and postpartum professional directory.
When we work together, we’ll focus on your unique needs and the many pathways birth and postpartum can take. I am trained in Birth Cartography, Supporting Neurodivergent Birth and the physiology of labour and bring all I know to you.
We’ll chat about hospital policy, your options, your rights and responsibilities and advocacy. I’ll help you access the information you need to inform your decision making. We’ll deep dive into your sensory profile and figure out what you need to feel safe, loved and present.
But, the real power of our time comes from connection. I can’t wait to get to know the authentic you; your story, what matters to you, what makes you feel safe, loved and powerful. How this experience belongs to you and your family; I am there to honour you all. I offer you my presence to meet it all – the discomfort, the vulnerability and the power – and embrace your birth and postpartum as an extension of you.
By the time your birthing day arrives, we’ve done so much of the work, so you can relax fully into the experience. I will centre you and take care of all the little things so you and your support people can be fully present. Sometimes that means setting up the space as you need it, getting the heat packs and making sure you and your team are hydrated, and others I’m barefoot in the shower applying a cold compress to your head or giving you hip squeezes. I’m deeply feeling and empathetic and am great at anticipating needs, so you don’t have to want or wish for anything. I’ll validate your experience and hold space for you through a crisis of confidence. I’ll be there to encourage you, remind you you’re so incredibly powerful and be there for your birth team, too, whether it’s a reminder that what is happening is okay, or reminding them they can go to the bathroom, too!
I’m there until your baby is and after they land, I make myself part of the furniture as you share this special moment – I might take photos if you’d like that, start packing your things away, get you comfortable with a warm drink and keep the environment as you need it.
Once you’ve had time to soak in your baby and birth experience (this could be days, weeks or even months later), we’ll catch up to celebrate you and debrief your birth. We’ll chat, acknowledge you and your family, and probably laugh and cry!
Image credit: Photo: Evie + Oak Photography with thanks to C & C for kindly sharing
Interested in exploring how my support can look for you?
Send your enquiry to hello@alexelisabethdoula.com.au or fill in the form below
I live, mother and work on Wurundjeri land that has never been ceded. I acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of Country; all Ancestors, First People, and Elders past and present and those that will continue to share their resilience and knowledge.
Alex Elisabeth Doula welcomes all folk into the spaces I inhabit and create. I celebrate, respect and value the lived experiences of people of all brain types, experiences and bodies. This is a safe and welcoming place for LGBTIQA+ people to be celebrated as their authentic selves.
