Prenatal & Postpartum Doula Services

This 2-hour session is meant to help you get your nest ready! We'll go over all the gear you may have already purchased and how to use it, discuss things you might still need to purchase, and talk all about how you can optimize the organization of your spaces to make your transition home with a newborn a bit more peaceful. ***Doula clients with Toula Co receive this session for FREE by simply scheduling your Prenatal Doula Shift here.

I strongly believe in education around the anatomical and physiological changes that occur during pregnancy so that folks can feel more empowered in their movements and workouts, WHILE preparing their bodies for the most incredible physical feat of their lives! In this session, we'll discuss your current workout routines, goals, how your body is feeling, and how you might consider adapting your practices for pregnancy. I strongly believe in training for birth and planning for postpartum recovery, not just dealing with symptoms and problems as they arise! This session is 3 hours long and includes personalized homework with suggested movements and breath work, typically focused on strengthening and lengthening specific parts of the body including the core and the pelvic floor, and any other areas of concern specifically for YOU! I recommend booking this session as early as you like, or when you're starting to feel like your body needs a little something different from you, typically around the end of the first trimester.

Movement during the last few weeks of pregnancy is so vital for a smooth delivery and recovery, as it can help to find length in the places we need it, but it's also such great practice for labor, physically getting you into all the shapes that will feel intuitive and helpful during the real thing! This 3-hour session is meant to educate you and your partner on the physiological changes that need to happen in the pelvis and pelvic floor in order to facilitate as smooth of a birth and recovery as possible. We'll use Rachel's training as a Body Ready Method Pro to go over your history of physical activity and injuries, and physically look at your body and watch you move to identify patterns of movement and/or compensation that could make labor trickier. Rachel will give you some short movement/breath work homework assignments to work on prior to labor, in addition to sending you into labor prepped with knowledge (literally a PDF!) on how to move, position yourself, and breathe in order to have a smooth labor and recovery.