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My Services & Fees

Together we can work with your individual needs so a specific package can be offered that will suit you best.

Private Consultation

Benefit from meeting with a skilled childbirth educator, doula and life coach, who can help you through your birth and parenting preparation and help you make the best of the changes and choices you may be facing in your parenting journey.  

1 hr consultation Cost $90

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Doula packages - Birth Preparation and Labour Support

Our time together will enable a trusting partnership to develop, so you will have the support to navigate your birthing journey confidently and in your unique way. Along side the doula role I can become your own personal childbirth educator and life coach throughout the time we are together.

All packages below include: 

  • 24/7 phone support
  • Being 'on call' from 2 weeks before your due date until birth
  • Attendance at your birth from home to hospital (including support with transport if need be)
  • Help you link into other community resources and support networks
  • A birth preparation meditation cd free with every package
  • Access to my resource library of books, dvds, cds and more

Basic Doula package:
3 prenatal visits, 1 postnatal visit and birth attendance - Cost $960

Extra Care package: 
4 prenatal visits, 2 postnatal visits and birth attendance.  See Extra Care options below  - Cost $1140

Doula with Hypnosis package: 
Basic doula package PLUS 4 sessions taking you through the Birth Works with Hypnosis Program.  Get information, education, practice,  cds, scripts and other resources - Cost $1320

Plus:

Bodywork - 2hr prenatal visit - Cost $150 (with above packages): 
Creative ways of making space for your baby - Know your pelvis and how to work with it.  Experience and learn how to use hands-on pain relief techniques.  Explore ways to open yourself so your baby may come through with greater ease.  

Visits are flexible in the content covered and are always adjusted to meet your needs.  We aim to cover:

1st visit:

Discuss your goals and where you are now
Explore your options and the next steps you may take
Debriefing prior birth experience/s
Going through a labour and birth preparation check list - covering:
  • Making an informed decision
  • Learning about the different models of care
  • What you can do now to be better prepared for a natural birth experience
  • Creating the best birth environment possible
  • Processing fears or concerns
2nd visit:

Developing and defining your written birth plan/intentions
Exploring further your understanding of possible medical interventions you may face
Understanding everyone's roles and responsibilities within the birth team

3rd visit:

Reviewing stages of labour and birth and when to call your doula
Learning/reviewing relaxation and active birth techniques
Optimal foetal positioning
Partner support and relationship check in

4th visit:

Debriefing the birth experience
Giving nurture and care
Discussing life with your baby - feed, sleep and cry behaviour
Post-natal support resources

Extra care / consultations options can cover:
  • Learning  calm birth/ hypnosis techniques 
  • Guided meditation - suited to your area of need eg to help release fears and tensions, to create positive change and envision your best birthing experience. 
  • Bodywork - making space for your baby (know your pelvis and how to work with it).  One-on-one with me, or techniques for you and your partner to practice.   
  • Bringing your baby home - baby care, explore parenting philosophy's, lifestyle changes, relationship adjustments, support set up, what to expect. 
  • Extra nurturing and support for you.  


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Follow Through Package
From pregnancy through to motherhood – 9 x 1 hour consultations during the pre and post natal period, 24/7 phone support, 2 weeks on call before your due date and attendance at your birth - Cost $ 1350

This package follows on from the 'birth preparation and labour support' package (scroll up) and will include a post birth debrief, a 2 more visit over the next year to support your ongoing journey into motherhood. Coaching techniques and N.L.P are used more specifically at this stage in order to help you navigate the changes that have occurred and the new goals you may now wish to explore.

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Post Natal Debrief

Some new parents live with unanswered questions and confusion from a previous birth experience.  Disempowerment, self-doubt and anger that can linger from a birth experience can stop you trusting your mothering skills and block your future birthing potential. I take the time to listen to your birth story, offer a perspective of the factors that may have influenced the birth outcome and provide tools to think afresh the potential you have within, helping you to learn from your experiences and make positive changes for your future.

1 hr consultation - $90

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Payment Details
Payments are cash, cheque or bank transfer. Fee structure can be negotiated at onset of partnership with Birth Works.

Appointments are made on a case by case basis.  Visits are held at the Camberwell Health and Healing Centre, in Ringwood at my home and at your home ('Attendance at birth’ will be at home or the hospital requested by the client).

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