Postpartum &
Newborn Care
Classes and consultations with Danielle are offered in the comfort of your home or at our welcoming Harrison office. Massage therapy is also available wherever you feel most relaxed—whether that’s at home or with us in the office.
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If you have a preferred time in mind, just reach out using the button below—we’d love to accommodate you!
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Thank you, and we look forward to supporting you soon.
Postpartum Massage & Manual Lymphatic Drainage
​Now it is time to get back to yourself after journeying through childbirth. It is a time to relax and return to yourself. Postpartum Massage will include both Swedish and myofascial massage techniques to relax and ease the transition of becoming a new mother. Your session will be tailored specifically to your needs allowing for lighter pressure, comfort positioning or more detailed myofascial techniques.
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​Lactation Consultation
During the first few weeks with a newborn successful nursing takes practice and patience. Often there can be challenges along the way. A lactation consultation is a an opportunity to assess latch, address discomforts and offer suggestions to facilitate an optimal nursing experience!
Consultation can occur at our Harrison office or in home.
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Postpartum Healing Session
Postpartum traditions from around the world honor the birthing person with healing therapy during the postpartum period to support the body, mind and spirit in recovery after the journey of childbirth. In this session, a newly postpartum client will experience deep healing and support through reiki, aromatherapy, & reflexology. This session is a gentler more relaxation focuses and can occur anytime after your birth.
Postpartum Belly Binding
​Postpartum Bengkung Belly Binding session is a full hour instruction and application which includes a homemade Bengkung wrap for you to take home! Belly binging can help restore pelvic alignment and improve abdominal muscle health and repair diastisis recti during postpartum. ​
Postpartum Massage, Manual Lymphatic Drainage and Craniosacral Therapy
Nurturing Touch for Your Newborn
Learn Infant Massage before or after birth! Infant Massage is a wonderful way to promote bonding between infant and parent/caregiver! Ultimately, touch is a means of communication between caregiver/parent and newborn. Touch is an integral part of who we are and how we develop. One-on-one infant massage for your new baby are available and offer teaching/demonstrating options of incorporating touch into the daily routine of newborn and new caregiver’s experience. ​
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Mini Massage for Baby
​Birth can be challenging for baby too! Schedule a mini massage for your new baby! Calming and gentle strokes are used to soothe baby. Session will be 30 minutes and parent or caregiver must be present for the massage! Please bring baby blanket and massage oil of your choosing.
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Preparing for Postpartum
Bringing a new baby home is an adjustment for the entire family and a postpartum consultation can help prepare the transition. Both excitement and exhaustion are very common while the family adjusts. As a postpartum doula, I offer additional support via scheduled consultation to facilitate an easier shift into life with a new born.
Postpartum Consultation includes:
Nurturing the Entire Family
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Support and care for the new mother during this exciting and transitional time by sharing postpartum healing techniques such as:
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Healing Herbal Body Baths
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Herbal Sits Bath
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Nutritional Foods
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Diastasis Recti Check and Belly Binding (add-on option)
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Support and care for the new baby is essential and the following techniques are key
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Basic new born care such as bathing, diapering, and umbilical cord care
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Infant Massage and newborn soothing techniques
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Assistance in reading and understanding the baby’s cues
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Baby wearing support
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