Care for the fourth trimester that is gentle, judgment-free, and designed for every kind of family.

How I Support Your Fourth Trimester

  • Postpartum visits are calm, flexible sessions in your home focused on caring for you as much as for the baby. Each visit can include emotional check-ins, space to process birth or medical experiences, and gentle validation of whatever your postpartum looks like that day. During a visit, support might look like helping you rest, holding or soothing the baby, light household tasks (simple meals, dishes, tidying), or talking through feeding plans and body changes using gender-inclusive, nonjudgmental language.

    Care is trauma-informed and harm reduction–centered, which means consent is checked often, touch and topics are always optional, and families mental health conditions, or system involvement are met with safety, dignity, and practical planning, not shame.

  • Feeding, Recovery, and Body Support is space to be cared for in the body you have right now, without pressure to perform a certain kind of “bounce back.” Support centers your comfort, autonomy, and goals around feeding, healing, and reconnecting with your body after birth.

    Together, we can explore chest, breast, and bottle feeding options; pumping plans; paced bottle feeding; and responsive feeding cues in gender-inclusive, nonjudgmental language. Recovery support includes talking through normal postpartum changes, spotting warning signs that need medical follow-up, and offering gentle, practical ideas for rest, mobility, and comfort that fit your life and health needs.

  • A dedicated space to talk honestly about mental health, and safety without fear of judgment or automatic punishment. The goal is to support you in staying as safe, connected, and resourced as possible in the real circumstances of your life, not to demand abstinence or perfection.

    This support can include collaborative safety planning and thinking through safer feeding and caregiving options for your baby. I focus on your dignity, autonomy, and keeping families together whenever possible.

  • Support for partners, siblings, and chosen family recognizes that everyone in the home is adjusting to this new season. These visits make space for partners, older children, and close friends or kin to ask questions, learn skills, and name their own feelings so they can show up as a steadier support system.​

    This can look like offering simple education on newborn cues and soothing, sharing scripts for checking in without pressure, and helping partners and loved ones understand postpartum mood changes and warning signs. It may also include age-appropriate ways to involve siblings, tools for managing visitors and boundaries, and grounding or regulation strategies the whole household can use when things feel overwhelming.

Safety, equity, and logistics

What I Do

  • *Offer in-home, trauma-informed postpartum support focused on rest, emotional care, and practical help.

  • *Provide education and coaching around newborn care, infant feeding options (chest, breast, bottle, combo), and normal body changes after birth.

  • *Support families navigating substance use, mental health, and system involvement through harm reduction, safety planning, and resource navigation.

  • *Listen without judgment, validate your experience, and help you prepare for conversations with medical providers or agencies.

  • *Center your consent, identity, and boundaries in every visit, using your language for your body, family, and roles.

What I Don’t Do

  • *I do not provide medical care, diagnose conditions, prescribe medications, or make treatment decisions.

  • *I do not replace your midwife, OB, pediatrician, therapist, or other healthcare professionals.

  • *I do not report substance use by default; my role is to support safety and informed choices, not to police behavior.

  • *While I am not a mandated reporter, if I suspect abuse, maltreatment or neglect, I will refer out to appropriate channels that will make the decision on how to proceed. I will never call law enforcement UNLESS there is fear of immediate harm.

  • *I do not make parenting decisions for you or insist on one “right” way to feed, sleep, or parent your baby.

  • *I do not offer legal advice, child custody guidance, or crisis-level intervention beyond helping you connect with appropriate services.

Where, When, and How I Offer Care

Care is offered in a hybrid format with primarily in-home postpartum support. You can choose what feels most accessible, safe, and sustainable for your family. In‑home support is especially helpful when you need hands-on help with rest, soothing, and household tasks, while virtual sessions work well for check-ins, processing, and coaching when a visit is not possible.​

Postpartum visits are generally scheduled in 2–4 hour blocks during daytime or early evening hours, with availability focused on the first weeks and months after birth when support needs are often highest. Virtual support can include video calls, phone, and secure messaging at agreed-upon times, offering flexibility for families balancing work, childcare, transportation, or system involvement.​

Postpartum Doula services through Hearth & Feather are currently available to families within the Mohawk Valley region of New York State. Counties served include:

  • Oneida

  • Herkimer

  • Montgomery

  • Fulton

For surrounding areas, I may be able to make accommodation depending on my availability and your family’s needs. Please reach out! All offerings are scheduled collaboratively, with attention to your energy levels, medical appointments, and rest needs, and can be adjusted over time as your capacity and circumstances change.​

How pricing works

I always welcome cost concerns in a nonjudgmental and understanding space. Hearth and Feather uses a sliding scale and flexible payment options so cost is not the only thing standing between your family and support. Pricing reflects both the real labor of this work and a commitment to economic justice, with space for conversation about what is sustainable for you right now. You will be offered a clear range for services (for example, a standard rate alongside lower-access and higher-support tiers), and together we choose a spot on the scale that feels honest for your circumstances.

Access beyond the fee

Whenever possible, you can use HSA/FSA funds, baby registries, or community funds to help pay for care, and you will receive simple documentation if you want to seek reimbursement from insurance or community programs.​ Please contact me if you need help navigating any of these topics!

As my doula practice expands, there may also be a small number of mutual-aid or reduced-rate spots reserved for families most impacted by racism, poverty, criminalization, or system involvement; these are offered without extra paperwork or proof, grounded in trust and harm reduction values. It is a major goal of mine to be able to get to a place where my services are offered free of charge to families navigating these areas. If you are an organization or entity that is willing to provide funding or sponsor a family, please contact me at hearthandfeatherpostpartum@gmail.com

Pricing Information

Hearth & Feather standard rates are charged on an hourly basis. Postpartum support is $40 per hour, with a 2 hour minimum per in home visit. This allows time to settle in, support you, and tidy up before leaving. This rate reflects the planning, travel, emotional labor, and hands on care that go into each visit. All services outlined above are included in each package.

Each package outlined is designed to provide maximum benefit for varying levels of needs. Additional hours can be added on an “a la carte” basis which can be discussed individually. The time of day and the day of the week I am able to deliver services is dependent on multiple factors, which we can discuss at the time of consultation & when building your postpartum plan.

A la Carte Items

  • Add on extra 6 hours - $240

  • Add on extra private chef frozen meal - price varies.

  • “Date Night” childcare add on - $135 (min 3 hrs, $45/hour), extra agreement required for this add on.

  • Postpartum meal prep session - $120 (3 hr min) visit dedicated to making simple, nourishing foods and snacks for the week, with cleanup included.

Tiered Packages

  • Wisp is a light, steady touch of support for families who want a few grounded check‑ins in the early postpartum weeks rather than intensive, ongoing care. It is ideal if you have some help already in place but still want a doula to visit periodically, answer questions, and make sure you are not carrying everything alone. Includes 24 hours that are spread out over agreed upon days/times and 3 private chef made frozen meals.

  • Charm offers more regular, woven‑in support during the first weeks and months after birth, for families who want consistent help with rest, feeding, recovery, and navigating systems. This tier works well if you are juggling multiple stressors and want a familiar person returning week after week. Includes 48 hours to be spread out over agreed upon days/times & 5 private chef made frozen meals.

  • Solstice is deep, enveloping care for families who know they will benefit from a strong, ongoing presence in the fourth trimester. Whether because of medical complexity, trauma history, limited support, or simply a desire for a truly held transition. This tier centers sustained, relational support across the first months after birth, with regular in‑home visits focused on rest, regulation, practical help, and safety‑oriented planning. Includes 72 hours that are spread out over agreed upon days/times & 10 private chef made frozen meals.

Example package use:

Client chose the “Charm” (48 hours). They are choosing to have the following schedule that was created prior to the birth of their child:

  • Three hour visits for the first 3 weeks on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (3 DAYS TOTAL A WEEK) =27 hrs

  • Three hour visits for the last 3 weeks on Thursdays and Saturdays (2 DAYS TOTAL A WEEK) =18 hrs

  • To use remainder 3 hours for remote “check ins” overnight while birthing parent is adjusting to breastfeeding that can be used on a rolling basis (no agreed upon time length).

“You are becoming a new version of yourself, and it’s okay if you don’t know who that is yet.”

-Unknown, Zoe Recovery