Birth Doula Partnership
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Birth & Soul is the Twin Cities premier provider of Uptown doulas! Uptown Doulas is a unique partnership and collaborative approach to birth doula work. When you hire one of us, you get BOTH of us! Ellee and JoLynda attend your consult and prenatal appointments together. This way, you are never having to catch someone up on your specific wishes. You get two heads full of experience and knowledge, a fresh, rested doula at your birth, double the support, care, and encouragement. We doula very similarly, enough so that our clients are who brought this collaboration together. In the earlier times, they would hire one of us and then insist on the other as back up. We decided to listen to your needs and found the best way to support our clients was to doula together!
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We share a call schedule so that you have one of us that is not immediately coming off another birth, is well rested, and can offer a seamless transition to each other in the event that your birth is very long.
We have experience in ALL birth settings, all birth centers, all hospitals in the Twin Cities, and home births. No matter your preference, unmedicated birth, surgical birth, medicated birth, WE SUPPORT YOU! Your Family, Your Baby, Your Birth!
We have experience in ALL birth settings, all birth centers, all hospitals in the Twin Cities, and home births. No matter your preference, unmedicated birth, surgical birth, medicated birth, WE SUPPORT YOU! Your Family, Your Baby, Your Birth!
Our Birth Package includes:
- No obligation Consult with both doulas
- 1 personalized prenatal visit with both JoLynda & Ellee
- Unlimited access to our Birth Client Exclusive Workshops
- Access to our lending library
- Unlimited phone, text, e-mail support from when we are hired on
- Continuous labor support
- Support up to 2 hours postpartum immediately after your birth
- A postpartum follow-up visit
- Birth Clients receive discounts on all Birth & Soul Classes
Postpartum Doula
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You have a baby! Now what?
There is a postpartum doula to fit your needs, no matter what they are. We support families in the postpartum period by providing non-judgmental parenting support. We can meet you in your home the day you arrive or anytime in the first 12 weeks. Parents love having an in-home expert to show them the ins and outs of caring for the smallest new person at home and integrating them into your lives. A postpartum doula can help you with bonding, feeding, and newborn care. Like a birth doula, a postpartum doula nurtures the whole family, so we even do light housekeeping or rock babies while you catch a nap in between feedings or even share a luxurious rest with your partner. We are not there to replace you; we are there to encourage you and help you adjust to your new role. We also help with sibling and pet integration. Our goal is to transition you into being able to do it all with confidence. |
Postpartum doulas are also an amazing option for adoptive parents at whatever age baby arrives. We are sensitive to the different ways children join families and are there to help!
Our clients' favorite postpartum service is our in-home newborn care lesson. Instead of dolls and classes, we teach you how to care for YOUR baby, with your equipment, your tub, and your baby.
Postpartum hours begin at $25/hr with special package discounts available.
Our clients' favorite postpartum service is our in-home newborn care lesson. Instead of dolls and classes, we teach you how to care for YOUR baby, with your equipment, your tub, and your baby.
Postpartum hours begin at $25/hr with special package discounts available.
Placenta Encapsulation
Your placenta is an incredible organ your body created just for your baby! The initial thought of consuming your placenta may be a bit overwhelming and maybe even disturbing. By encapsulating your placenta, many women report having:
Placenta Add Ons:
Placenta Tinture is a walnut-sized piece of your placenta infused in alcohol. The tincture can be used for general illnesses such as coughs and colds for both you and your baby. It can also be used to ease the transition into menopause, the loss of a loved one, or a life transition. And since it is good for life, you can store it and use as needed!
Placenta Salve is part of your placenta infused in healing herbs and oils. Salves can be used on cuts, burns, scars, thrush, diaper rashes, sore nipples, and more! They are truly amazing.
- Higher energy levels
- Reduced levels of anxiety/ postpartum mood disorders
- Replenished iron levels
- Increase in milk supply
- Balanced hormones
Placenta Add Ons:
Placenta Tinture is a walnut-sized piece of your placenta infused in alcohol. The tincture can be used for general illnesses such as coughs and colds for both you and your baby. It can also be used to ease the transition into menopause, the loss of a loved one, or a life transition. And since it is good for life, you can store it and use as needed!
Placenta Salve is part of your placenta infused in healing herbs and oils. Salves can be used on cuts, burns, scars, thrush, diaper rashes, sore nipples, and more! They are truly amazing.
Placenta Encapsulation services include:
Pick-up of your placenta soon after birth .
Preparation of your capsules, in the method you choose
Drop-off of your capsules (and Tincture/ Salve) 1-2 days later
Placenta Encapsulation: $225/ $200 for birth clients
Tincture: $20
Salve: $30
Pick-up of your placenta soon after birth .
Preparation of your capsules, in the method you choose
Drop-off of your capsules (and Tincture/ Salve) 1-2 days later
Placenta Encapsulation: $225/ $200 for birth clients
Tincture: $20
Salve: $30
Childbirth Education
Childbirth Education Series: $225
Childbirth Express Class: $150 Private Childbirth Class: $300 Birth Clients receive discounts on all classes |
Here at Birth & Soul we want everyone to feel welcome and at home no matter your age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, or marital status. While looking for a Childbirth Education curriculum that we felt fit our mission we continued to be disappointed in what was out there, or felt the curriculums were not inclusive enough or not applicable to birthing in the Twin Cities.
Enter the Birth & Soul Childbirth Education series! We have created a unique evidence based, inclusive, curriculum that pulls from our training in Hypnobirthing, Lamaze, and years of birth doula work! It is an interactive, laid back birth class full of information for you and your birth support tailored to birthing in the Twin Cities! Whether you are planning a medicated, unmedicated birth, or have no idea what your options are this class is for you! |
Lactation Support
We value hands on experience and know that every baby and body is different. So why learn breastfeeding with a doll when you can have a certified Breastfeeding Counselor come into your home and help you with your own baby?
In-home lactation support can be crucial in helping you reach your breastfeeding goals, whatever they may be. At these visits, we assess baby's latch, milk transfer, and teach you positions to keep you comfortable, along with answering any questions you may have about nursing, supply and demand, or what partners can do to help.
We also have a wonderful resource list and can refer you to anything outside our scope or specialties.
Initial in-home visits: $60 (~2 hours) $40 follow-up visits
In-home lactation support can be crucial in helping you reach your breastfeeding goals, whatever they may be. At these visits, we assess baby's latch, milk transfer, and teach you positions to keep you comfortable, along with answering any questions you may have about nursing, supply and demand, or what partners can do to help.
We also have a wonderful resource list and can refer you to anything outside our scope or specialties.
Initial in-home visits: $60 (~2 hours) $40 follow-up visits
