Hospital Birth Support - Sunshine Coast

As a Doula on the Sunshine Coast,  Jodi is trained, experienced and passionate about supporting birthing women.

Jodi helps women have a birth experience where:
- they feel calm
- they are in control
- their partner is actively involved and their role is respected
- they understand the physiology of labour and they work with their body
- they understand various medical practices and avoid unnecessary interventions
- they make the best choices for them and their individual circumstances
- they are prepared no matter how their birth unfolds

Certified trauma informed counsellor.

Looking for hospital birth education and preparation without doula support. Checkout my Birth Preparation Classes under “services tab”

Hospital Birth - Complete Care Package $2600

25 years supporting women and their families during pregnancy, birth and postpartum

Free, no obligation meeting to give us the opportunity to get to know each other and gauge if we are compatible to work together as a birthing team. I’m happy to take the time to answer all your questions.

Please email or call me to book this initial meeting. 0410869168

Birth photography is available also.

Whats included 

Pregnancy Support

• 3 x 2 hour visits together while you're pregnant.

• These visits are catered to each couples individual needs. We all come from our own unique circumstances and have our own individual ideas surrounding birth. I’ll share my 25 years of experience, skills and trust in birth. We will discuss how natural physiological birth works and what you can do to prepare for the best birth possible. We will also discuss how to navigate a birth that isn’t going to plan and still feel empowered and respected.

• Spending this time together is also important for us develop a trusting relationship before your labour begins.

• Guidance and support writing an effective birth plan

• Support understanding your care provider visits

• Breastfeeding and baby arrival preparation. I’m a certified breastfeeding counsellor

• Unlimited email communication while you’re pregnant. Phone chats when needed

• Learning and practicing skills together as a birthing team, empowering you as a birthing mother/couple

• Teach your partner skills to support you in early labour while at home and once at the hospital

• Support gathering evidence based health and birth information as needed, enabling you to make your own informed decisions and choices

• Spinning babies techniques to assist pregnancy comfort and optimal fetal positioning

• I’m a certified Trauma-Informed Birth Professional, I offer birth healing support prior to birth if needed

• Access to my lending library, books and DVDs on pregnancy, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding

• Tips for preparing siblings for the arrival of the new baby

  Labour & Birth Support

  I work collaboratively and harmoniously with other care providers

• On call 24/7 from 37 weeks pregnant until your baby is born. If you birth earlier I will be there for you to the best of my ability

• Available day and night via phone

• Continuous physical and emotional support for you and your partner during labour and birth

• Labour support starts at your home once you feel you need me. We head to the hospital together when you are ready. I stay with you at the hospital until your baby is approximately 2 hours old

• Provide massage, comfort measures and encourage optimal maternal positioning (spinning babies certified)

• Guidance and support for your partner so they know how to stay involved and feel confident caring for you

• Support so your partner feels he can take breaks

• I offer 25 years of experienced birth support when quick decisions have to be made during labour. We can discuss options and alternatives as birth unfolds

Postnatal support

TWO POSTNATAL VISITS that offer gentle and nourishing care. The first visit is usually the day after birth where we will debrief your birth experience together

• Breastfeeding support

• Newborn care

• Natural remedies for a variety of post birth complaints

• Birth debrief with you and your partner

• Organic herbal perineal healing Sitz Baths

  After our 2 visits are complete I offer Extended Postnatal Care packages if needed.

  Jane third baby!

  The best decision we made was to have Jodi by our side for the labour, birth and after birth support as our doula.
  
  From the first time meeting Jodi, her knowledge, compassion and genuine care for our family were immediately apparent.
  As well as being my support and advocate during labour and helping us achieve our complete physiological birth, Jodi was an amazing support while pregnant, and her after birth visits and guidance has been invaluable. Jodi’s has created her very own range of tasty pregnancy and prenatal organic teas, which i used throughout my pregnancy and post birth needs.
  
  Jodi, We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us achieve our positive birth experience.
  Your support and guidance helped us feel empowered, educated and prepared to deliver our beautiful Son earth side. Thank you! We couldn’t have done it without you!

Anna first baby!

I had decided before I was pregnant I wanted a doula. My husband was less sold on the idea. I wanted someone to provide physical and practical support - suggestions for pain relief, positioning, an extra set of hands to give my husband a break, I wanted to labour as long as possible at home before going to the birth suite and most importantly to me an independent person to help me navigate the hospital policies. Jodi's experience ticked all those boxes. Once we met her my husband was sold, her energy was definitely a presence we wanted in our birth space.

What we didn't count on wanting or needing was the emotional support. My baby was post term and following birth I had retained placenta. Jodi was on call for me daily in those last few weeks providing support and reassurance to my husband and I that no-one else could. She helped us debrief and reset after our hospital monitoring appointments, helping us feel confident with our decisions. Following birth she stayed and supported my husband and baby until I was out of surgery. Providing an extra set of hands and ensuring that despite a few bumps our family had the best start. The postpartum support too was something I had not anticipated. The ability to reflect on our baby's birth with someone who was there felt like a great way to transition from pregnancy to parenthood. The early support for breastfeeding, baby care and my recovery may not have been essential with our midwifes support but was definitely appreciated and reassuring for first time parents and gave us the holistic side which was more inline with our natural health approach.

My experience with Jodi as our doula was not what I had anticipated when planning our pregnancy and birth. It exceeded our expectations and was one of the best decisions we made! I wouldn't birth again without a doula and Jodi would be the first person I would call..