birth is temporary, postpartum is forever
birth is temporary, postpartum is forever
Postpartum Doula Accompaniment
As your postpartum doula, I provide evidence-based, somatically informed, and nurturing support and advocacy to you and your partner(s) directly after pregnancy loss, release, and/or birth and throughout the weeks and months after. I am based in Berlin, and often available virtually.
Postpartum is one of the biggest hormonal shifts a person can experience. As a postpartum doula, I am prepared and trained to hold space for any of the waves that can ebb during this tender and transformative period.
I have been practicing as a doula for over a decade and am honored to accompany diverse family structures, immigrant, multi-cultural, queer, and neurodivergent postpartum people and families.
I am trauma-aware, somatically informed, culturally curious, and particularly competent at accompanying folks post medical/relational/childhood trauma. I am happy to walk with people at any stage of their postpartum experience.
If I’m not your birth doula, I’m happy to meet once prenatally to discuss your birth and postpartum goals and how I can support you.
What I Offer
My support can begin during pregnancy, continue through the immediate postpartum period, and extend into the weeks and months that follow. Together, we can explore what kind of care feels most useful to you, whether that means practical support, physical comfort, emotional processing, or space to adjust to the changes unfolding in your life and relationships.
Before Birth or Your Postpartum Transition
Emotional and Logistical Preparation: Planning home care, preparing meals, coordinating with care providers or partners, journaling prompts, and guided meditations.
Somatic Support: Gentle bodywork, touch, breathwork, and somatic movement to support grounding and nervous system regulation.
Practical Preparation: Resource planning, conversations about consent and boundaries, and checking what support and access needs you may have.
Prenatal Planning Session: If I am not your birth doula, we can meet once before birth to discuss your birth and postpartum goals and how I can support you.
Immediately After Birth or Pregnancy Loss
In-Home or Virtual Support: Accompaniment for immediate postpartum needs, with virtual support where appropriate.
Continuous Virtual Support: A point of connection during the early postpartum period, with follow-up care shaped around your needs.
Comfort Measures: Soothing touch, positioning, music, warm drinks, meals, and bodywork, if wanted.
Advocacy and Coordination: Support communicating with care teams, coordinating with the people involved in your care, and advocating for your choices.
Ongoing Postpartum Care
In-Person Visits: Home visits that can include a nourishing meal, practical support, and time to check in with how you are feeling.
Emotional Processing and Documentation: Space to explore your experience through conversation, journaling, or other forms of narrative work, if desired.
Healing Resources: Evidence-based information, relevant cultural practices, and referrals to medical specialists or other practitioners according to your individual needs.
Closing Practices: Gentle touch, massage, ritual, journaling, and intention-setting to mark a transition or create space for reflection. These practices can be offered privately or with your partner(s) or chosen community.
Partner and Family Involvement
Our work centers your needs, choices, and experience. If you would like your partner(s) or chosen family to participate, I am happy to include them in our work together. We can explore ways to share care, communicate needs, and navigate the changes that postpartum brings to your relationships and daily life.
Let's Talk
You don't have to know exactly what kind of support you need before reaching out. We can begin with a conversation about your experience, your questions, and what kind of care might feel right for you.