Postpartum
Postpartum is the emptiness and nakedness that one experiences after giving birth. It is the perfect time to embrace impermanence, vulnerability, the simple things, living at a slow pace…
It is a fact that the absence of a village has distorted for a long time now the sense of identity of many mothers. Mothers (and children) present dysfunctions and disharmonies - depression, emotional distress - which are a wake-up call and a mirror of a dysfunctional society.
We live in communities where ritual practices have been forgotten, re-built on a nuclear family model based on an individualized ideology. And being a mother is not just another role to be played. It is a new social condition. Hence the importance of recognising Maternity as a rite of passage. And if this rite is not completed, a widespread feeling of disempowerment is installed.
That is why support and physical presence are fundamental for the mother and her family. And by being there, the doula provides a context and an environment to breathe, stop and feel beauty. She respects and validates the needs of mothers, promotes a welcoming and safe space where the couple can express themselves honestly, contributes to smoothing any loneliness the mother may experience, provides access to information from reliable sources and supports the puerperium stage in all its intensity, yet gently, allowing the new mother to nourish herself and to emerge fulfilled from her experience. These practices are based on the physiological design, on the biological map of the human being (therefore universal practises), with a (re)structuring purpose.
Packages
Postpartum packages include:
- a pre-birth visit for free
- 3-hour home visits
- emotional and physical help with postpartum-related issues
- small household tasks
- providing the newborn baby with care and support
- preparing light and nourishing meals and snacks
- providing parents and other family members with additional information about postpartum care (breastfeeding, baby wearing, sleeping, additional feeding, sexuality)
- postpartum massage
- foot soaking and bone closing ritual (if requested)
- support via telephone or e-mail from 9am to 5pm
- revisiting and integrating childbirth
Postpartum doulas do not perform any medical or clinical acts
Prices*
6 meetings (18h) - 480 €
10 meetings (30h) - 760 €
12 meetings (36h) - 920 €
14 meetings (42h) - 1050 €
Single meeting = 80 €
* These prices include travelling from my place of residence (Alfornelos) to anywhere within a 20km radius. Beyond this, a fuel tax of 0,25 euros/Km and toll shall be added.