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Mothering the Mother – A timeless connection every mama’s heart yearns for on this rewarding and challenging journey of motherhood. In times of need, we seek gentle support, compassion, and wisdom from a seasoned mother. I am here to offer these precious gifts, especially in the most challenging moments.
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Breastfeeding Support
I’m here to listen to any frustrations, answer any questions, and help you and baby towards a very successful breastfeeding relationship.
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Doula Support
As a certified birth doula, postpartum doula, and breastfeeding counselor, I can offer expert support with a personalized approach.
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Self love is the guiding force, & from that practice of loving ourselves, we can be fully present to spread the overflow of that love to our babies & loved ones.
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Testimonials
Client Story: Caroline T.
My first birth was traumatic and far away from home. After the birth I was unable to breastfeed even though I tried for 6 months. My second pregnancy came as a surprise when my first baby was 7 months old. I knew that I needed to find the right support to normalize a lot of my experiences and to support me with breastfeeding.
This is when I found Naphtalie and I am very grateful to her. She is a very kind, supportive, and down to earth type of person. She lowered my stress levels and helped me with breasfeeding, which has turned out to be a success. Thank you Naphtalie!
Client Story: Stephanie W.
We hired Naphtalie as our postpartum doula and we’re so glad we did, especially as first time parents. First of all, Naphtalie was just a great help physically. She stayed with us at night and helped with diaper changes and rocking our baby back to sleep after I nursed him. She also performed light chores like baby laundry.
This allowed my husband and I to get some extra sleep in those first few weeks after birth. I felt this allowed me heal more quickly from my C-section. But where Naphtalie was most helpful was in providing emotional support and guidance. As first time parents, it was so important to have someone assure us that everything we were experiencing was normal.
For example, without Naphtalie’s encouragement, it would have been much harder to remain committed to exclusively breastfeeding. When she did offer advice, Naphtalie was gentle and non-judgemental and always let us lead the conversation. I highly recommend Naphtalie as your postpartum doula!
Client Story: Melissa V.
Naphtalie was very calm and helped in relaxing me through my active labor and was very caring. When my husband was not able to be with me, she was which was what I needed. She helped in reminding my husband of the delayed cord clamping like we had wanted.
She was able to take some birth photos that would have been missed, I was glad she thought of that. We were very pleased with her care. I felt as though I also made a friend in the whole process. I highly recommend Naphtalie!
Client Story: Lindsay W.
” I worked with Naphtalie and her partner Sara for the birth of my first child in March 2019. As this was our first child and my husband and I had been overwhelmed by other life activities for most of the pregnancy we felt completely unprepared. They were great at providing as much information as they could to help us feel more confident going into the birthing process. They did not make us feel pressured into any certain type of birth but provided the information and support to empower us to make the decisions right for us.
Now onto the labor part. My water broke at midnight on a Friday night. I let Sara know (as she was who I had originally been scheduling everything with) and she walked me through what to expect next. I went throughout the night with only a couple of contractions. Kaiser wanted me to come in in the morning but I talked to Sara again and she let me know the choice is up to me. She knew my plan was to have a natural, non-induced labor so she gave me some strategies to try to get labor going. At that point Naphtalie reached out as well with additional ideas and support. As Saturday went on and still nothing was progressing my husband and I got more nervous.
Naphtalie offered to come over which was so helpful. She listened to all of our thoughts and anxieties, gave me a massage hitting certain pressure points, and even painted my toenails. We decided to not wait any longer and went to the hospital with Naphtalie following.
While at the hospital Naphtalie was great at listening to the thoughts from the hospital staff and my husband and I and acted as a sounding board to help us make decisions. Once I was induced labor kicked into high gear and contractions were coming rapidfire with no real breaks in between. Naphtalie was great at letting my husband be my main support (since he was doing a great job) but being there to provide additional support via massage, visualization, soothing words, etc. I eventually decided I needed an epidural to get a break from the constant contractions.
Again Naphtalie supported my decision without making me feel guilty for not being able to keep to my “plan” of a natural birth. (Feeling pressured into a natural birth and judged for not going through with it was something I was worried about with hiring a doula and was something completely unfounded.) Little man made his arrival and Naphtalie stayed with us for quite some time helping us get set up for breastfeeding and making sure we were all set. It was hard to say goodbye after we had all been through so much together.
Once we got home Naphtalie was only ever a text away. She checked in on us from time to time which was the perfect mix of providing support but not bombarding us. She came to our house for a follow up which was nice to just recap everything and get any questions answered for things that had come up post birth.
Overall I am so glad that we hired a doula and Naphtalie in particular. We could have done it on our own but having the extra support to help us feel so empowered throughout the process was priceless. “
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