Postpartum Doula Services

What Is a Doula?

Doula comes from the ancient Greek and means “a woman who serves.” It is now referred to as an experienced and trained professional to offer families information as well as emotional and physical support for the parents, siblings and new addition to their family. Doulas can be used before, during, and after birth to provide practical and emotional support.

At Sitter Select as a doula agency we are excited to better serve your family by being able to provide Postpartum Doula care. We have years of experience working with newborns, infants, and their families. It is a privilege to work with families at such an exciting life stage. We strive to meet and exceed the needs of our clients when it comes to taking care of their family.

Baby 101: Caring for Your Newborn

A warm, practical in-home two-part class for all new and expecting families

Bringing home a newborn is exciting, joyful and full of questions. Baby 101 is designed to give new and expecting parents, grandparents, and caregivers the practical skills, confidence, and reassurance they need to care for a newborn during those precious first weeks and months.

This hands-on class covers the essentials of newborn care, postpartum adjustment, soothing, sleep, safety, and development. You’ll learn what to expect, what is normal, when to ask for help, and how to feel more confident caring for your little one. Each class is two hours in length. One class is prenatal and one postnatal.

Virtual Postpartum Doula Services

Our Virtual Postpartum Doula Services provide compassionate, personalized support from pregnancy through your baby’s first eight weeks of life, all from the comfort of your home with our trained, evidence-based and experienced postpartum doula team. Through flexible video and phone sessions along with text messaging support, we offer guidance with newborn care, feeding and pumping, sleep and routines, postpartum recovery, emotional wellbeing, and the many “Is this normal?” questions that come with new parenthood. Families receive practical education, reassurance, personalized resources, and support tailored to their unique needs, with the option to include partners and caregivers. Our virtual support helps you feel more confident, informed, and supported as you navigate the early weeks with your new baby.

Providing education about your newborn, companionship and nonjudgmental support for the family.
Assisting with newborn care, family adjustment, meal preparation and light household tidying.
Our Doulas use evidence-based information on infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from birth, infant soothing and coping skills for new parents.
We will make appropriate referrals when necessary. This might include lactation consultant, cleaning services, babysitting services, household organizing and educational classes for families.

Details You Should Know

Sitter Select is proud to offer Postpartum Doula Services to our families.

Our Postpartum Doulas services are available to book for day, evening and overnight shifts. We require a minimum of 4 hours for day or evening shifts and a minimum of 8 hours per shift for overnights.

For more information on how to hire a Postpartum Doula, a Virtual Postpartum Doula and/or sign up for our Baby 101 class, please contact Andi at Andi@SitterSelect.com.

Have a Question?

Reach out to us with any questions about our Postpartum Doula services. We're more than happy to help!