Amy W. | Doula in Harrisburg, PA

Dauphin County Doulas, LLC

    Practice overview

    As a nurse, I believe in evidence-based information, so that a birthing person can make the best-informed decisions for themselves and their family. Support should be unbiased and unconditional. I became a doula because I found that there is a large need for birthing people to be their own empowered advocates during births. There is also a need for support during labor, in which the nursing staff no longer provides (25% of nurses time is actually patient care.) When hiring us, you will have 2 birth doulas, who work in a partnership to ensure you have care continuity.

    Years experience

    6

    Families supported

    200

    Birth Rate

    1150

    Care philosophy

    (You can find us at www.dauphincountydoulas.com) "Empower. Inform. Support." Be informed about your options and fully supported, so you can be empowered at your birth. We provide birth and postpartum doula services to expecting parents. Whether first time or fifth time parents, whether birthing in a hospital or attended at home, whether single or multiples, we will provide services.

    Services

    • Birth doula support
    • Postpartum doula support
    • Newborn nannying
    • Childbirth education
    • General childbirth education classes
    • Bereavement doula support
    • Virtual doula support
    • Lactation support
    • Newborn care
    • Other

    Specialties and Experience

    • Cesarean birth
    • Clients on bed rest
    • Domestic violence
    • Families conceiving with ART and IVF
    • High-risk pregnancy
    • Induced and high medical technology labor and birth
    • LGBTQ
    • Multiples
    • Over 40
    • People of color
    • Plus size
    • Postpartum mood disorders
    • Prematurity
    • Previous birth trauma and/or birth injury
    • Previous life trauma
    • Single parents
    • Special needs babies
    • Surrogacy
    • Survivors of sexual abuse
    • Teen parents
    • VBAC

    Care settings

    • Birthing center
    • Home
    • Hospital

    Languages

    • English
    • Spanish

    Credentials

    • Certified Birth Doulas -- DONA International
    • LPN
    • Birth Arts International Postpartum Doula
    • Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist
    • Authorized Peanut Ball Trainer
    • Childbirth Educator

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    Pricing packages

    Birth Douals Services
    $ 1150
    Our Birth Doulas will: Be there throughout your entire pregnancy…we are here to answer all your “Is this normal?” questions. Assist you with designing your perfect birth plan. Support you and your partner through your entire labor…from assistive devices (birth ball, peanut ball, rebozo) to interventions (epidurals, narcotics, nitrous), we’ll give you the information so you can make an informed decision…not matter how you birth (vaginal or Cesarean). Help with initial feeding (whether breast or bottle) and bonding. Visit you in the early postpartum period Offer evidence-based infomation
    Sliding scale pricing available
    Contact for additional pricing options

    Postpartum Doula Services
    Our Postpartum Doulas will: Support the new mother during the critical postpartum period. Provide current information on child-rearing and safety. Be there when you need us…day or night, you pick the shifts that you need the most support. Educate you and your family on newborn care, complete light cleaning, cooking or meal prep/planning, helping with sibling behavior, chore charts, and more. Help you get the rest you need to heal.
    Contact for additional pricing options

    Location

    Areas served

    • Dauphin County PA
    • Harrisburg, PA
    • Camp Hill, PA
    • Hershey, PA
    • Mechanicsburg, PA
    • Lebanon, PA
    • Enola, PA
    • Carlisle, PA
    • Dillsburg, PA
    • New Cumberland, PA
    • Chambersburg, PA
    • Lancaster, PA

    • Kaci
      June 11, 2022 at 11:48 am | Client review
      5 /5

      Amy changed my birth and my pregnancy. Amy attended 2/2 of my births and helped me successfully have quick, pain-med free births! She was able to encourage my husband to participate while making me as comfortable as she possibly could. She knows her boundaries and when to particpate versus when to take a step back. Her peanut ball training helped her help me progress during my second labor. She listens to what you want and makes eye contact to look into your soul to see what you need. She even stayed with me until i went to antepartum so my husband could go home to the family and to rest. I would have another baby just to birth with Amy. She is a kind and incredible soul who I am lucky to tell my kids about some day.

    • Molly
      June 15, 2022 at 10:50 am | Peer review
      5 /5

      Amy is knowledgeable and friendly. She listens to and meets the individual needs of each of her moms. She is caring, professional and a wonderful person to work with and be around.

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