Pregnancy & Birth​
CLASSES
For You & Your Birth Support Team
We are honored to walk alongside you during this deeply transformative time and grateful for the opportunity to be part of your journey. Our promise is to support you with compassion, care, and respect—every step of the way.
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.
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.
Comprehensive Childbirth
Education Class
Experience a condensed comprehensive deep dive into childbirth education for you and your partner/ support person as well as your birth doula or additional family member! Gather your birth support team and gather the tools you need to journey through childbirth!
We will cover:
- The signs and stages of labor
- When to go to the hospital or call your midwife
- Creating a positive and constructive mindset
- Pain management strategies including, hands on touch, breathing techniques, acupressure, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy and positioning
- Pain medications
- Medical interventions and inductions
- Cesarean Birth and prevention
- Strategies for collaborative care and informed consent
All classes are held on an individual basis. Folder with handouts will be provided for you to take home. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring water and snacks!
Comfort Measures for Labor
​You have already learned the stages of labor or you have experienced labor before & now you are ready for more tools! The goal of this class is to fill your toolbox with techniques in managing discomfort. Information and support will be offered to boost confidence and empower the birth experience for you and your support person or partner.
This class covers
- mindset & breathing tools
- movement & positioning
- massage & acupressure
- aromatherapy & hydrotherapy
All classes are held on an individual basis. Folder with handouts will be provided for you to take home. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring water and snacks!
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​​Birth Preparation
​Planning for childbirth is nearly impossible, BUT preparing for childbirth is essential! As a birth doula and mother of three I will share all my strategies and tips to help you prepare for your unique childbirth experience. In our Birth Preparation Consultation I help you and your partner/support person navigate the information you are gathering and help you make sense of it all. We will discuss common concerns, strategies for collaborative care and identify your unique birth preferences.
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Lactation & Feeding Class
​Prepare for success before baby's arrival! Understand the basics of human lactation and optimizing milk flow during the first few weeks with a newborn. Discuss all of the newborn feeding cues and how to respond to them appropriately. Learn the benefits of proper latch and positioning during breastfeeding. Lactation basics is offered during late pregnancy in preparation for baby's arrival! All classes are held on an individual basis in our Harisson office or in home.
Newborn Care Class
​Welcome to parenthood! You just brought a beautiful baby home and now what?! Learning how to care for a newborn before bringing baby home is a wonderful way to boost confidence and reduce worry and stress during these precious first weeks. Learn infant characteristics, how to swaddle, bath and care for your new bundle! All classes are held on an individual basis in our Harisson office or in home.
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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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Pregnancy Massage
A pregnancy massage session is designed to provide nurturing support to the expecting mother at all stages of pregnancy. Utilizing cushions and pillows for comfort positioning, the massage will focus on relieving neck/shoulder tension, fatigue, low back tension, and sciatica. All trimesters are welcome to our practice for massage therapy. A relaxing pregnancy massage focusing on target areas is the perfect antidote for the very common stresses pregnancy can bring forth.
The Pregnancy Therapeutic Massage incorporates deep tissue in targeted areas of your choice and the Pregnancy Relaxation Massage incorporates a more gentle approach with Swedish massage, lymph drainage and reiki.
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Birth & Postpartum
Doula Support
What is a
Birth Doula?
Birth doulas are trained professionals who offer continuous physical, emotional and educational support for mothers, support friends/family, and partners throughout the labor and birth process. Women who have continual uninterrupted support from a labor support professional have fewer requests for medications, half the number of cesarean births, higher breastfeeding rates and an overall higher satisfaction for the entire birth experience. Prenatal and postnatal support provided.
Birth Doula
Support Services
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Free Initial Consultation
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Determine and Discuss your Birth Plan​
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2 Prenatal visits either in your home or in our office
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Prenatal Support 24/7 via email, phone, or text 3 weeks prior to your due date
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Postpartum Support via email, phone, or text for the first week home with baby
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Prenatal Support via email, phone, or text from date of hire during the hours of 9am-6pm
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Answer questions regarding education and advocacy
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Continuous Physical, Emotional, and Education Support during your Active Stage of Labor or When You Are Ready for one of us to meet you at your place of birth
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Labor Management/ Coping Strategies during Active Stage of Labor and Childbirth
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Postpartum Support at Birth Location after birth and delivery of baby
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Lactation & Newborn Support During the first week postpartum
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2 In home Postpartum visits
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One 60 minute one-on-one Prenatal Yoga Instruction (optional for added fee)
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One 60 minute prenatal massage (optional for added fee)
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Infant Massage session and instruction for parents and or caregiver at home once baby is 6-8 weeks (optional for added fee)
Cost: $2000 with 3 different payment option. Please schedule your birth doula consultation to discuss more details.
What is a
Postpartum Doula?
Bringing a new baby home is an adjustment for the entire family and a postpartum doula can help to ease the transition. Both excitement and exhaustion are very common while the family adjusts. As a postpartum doula, I offer additional support to facilitate an easier shift into life with a new born.
Postpartum Doula
Services
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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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Massage Therapy (add-on option)
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Herbal Body Cleansing (add-on option)
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Diastasis Recti Check and Belly Binding (add-on option)
Postpartum Doula
Support Services
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Light in-home cleaning (dishes, laundry etc.)
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Basic and simple meal preparation
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Breastfeeding support
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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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Care for newborn while mother/parents self-care (sleep, eat, shower or play with other children
Cost: $50 per hour with 3 hour minimum
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Massage Therapy, Reiki, Belly Binding and Diastasis Recti Check available and optional for added fee​
We are proud to offer Free Birth or Postpartum Doula Consultation's. Schedule your FREE CONSULTATION with Alexa today!
Alexa was amazing and played such a critical role in the craziness of what it was to move and 24 hours later be in the hospital giving birth !!! I already told her she made our experience so amazing and provided such a calming effect on the whole thing… she handled everything like an absolute professional and kept me feeling calm and in control alongside Malik… Malik absolutely needed sleep with not getting any the two nights prior (day before the move he was up til 4 am packing and then movers came at 7 am, the day after the move up til 5 am and then I woke him up at 7 am when my mucus plug came out) to be able to properly support me and having Alexa as well to support me while Malik did cat naps in the hospital was a game changer in feeling comfortable and not alone throughout the process. I am so incredibly grateful for my entire experience and team of people that helped me bring him into this world!
- Lisa and partner,
Birth Doula Client - Baby Azaih born March 2025
Danielle was a caring and steadfast advocate. She has a soothing demeanor, a calming voice and outgoing personality. The coaching and birth education class she provided (in home no less!) were an invaluable resource that gave me the confidence to make the right decisions when it came to 42nd week of pregnancy and I had to be induced. She was always quick to answer any questions that arose via text or phone calls. During my 13-hour labor she was a constant support. She logged my contraction frequency and duration, checked in with me, and was available to answer all my questions. She also helped me in and out of the tub and used aromatherapy to help with pain. She was invaluable to both me and my husband, we've both said more than once "I can't imagine what it would have been like without her".
-Joanna and partner,
Birth Doula Client – Baby Maya born January 2016
I am incredibly grateful for Danielle! This sweet and kind momma helped support and love me during one of the most intense moments of my life. As a first time momma, I was super nervous to go into labor.
Danielle visited with me a few times throughout my pregnancy to help me prepare and teach me about allllll the things. When the big day came, she was there for me in ways I could not have imagined and still find it hard to put into words.
I did NOT NOT NOT want a C-section. After 24 hours in labor and pushing ... my birth plan changed and guess what ... the very thing I was most terrified of became very very real. After my boy was born and doing ok, my husband was with the baby and Danielle stayed with me for about 7 more scary hours of surgery. She was there for me through it ALLLLLLL!
We incorporated essential oils, breathing, massage, friendship and sisterhood. We laughed, we cried, we had a baby! She held my hand and was and is still a beautiful inspiring friend. I am so grateful!
-Lauren Northey & partner
Birth Doula Client – Baby Tyler born April 2016
