Complete Package

With the complete package, you get 2 birth preparation visits for practicing comfort measures, discussing your birth preferences, finding comfort in late pregnancy, and preparing for birth. From the moment of booking, I'm available for text/phone/email support. I'll also be on-call for you 24/7 for by-your-side support during all of active labor and the early postpartum period. I'll check in at a postpartum visit a few days after baby's birth as well.
This package also includes:
  • Complimentary pre-booking consultation
  • Informational support via phone, email, or text throughout pregnancy
  • "Birth Words for Parents" in-home workshop
  • Foot reflexology massage
  • Access to lending library (see list of titles below)
  • Referrals to other professionals serving the birth community
  • Physical and emotional support during labor: relaxation exercises, counter-pressure, comforting touch, encouragement, helping take care of details so that your partner can stay with you.​
  • Continued support via phone, email, or text for 6 weeks postpartum
  • Back-up doula in case of sickness or emergency

​Total fee: $800
Grants available for lower-income families

Birth Preparation Visit

This mini package offers a three-hour visit to help prepare you for labor and birth and access to my lending library (see list of titles below). At the visit, we'll discuss your birth preferences and practice several comfort measures for use during labor, such as:
  • Creating a comfortable birth environment
  • Massage and comforting touch
  • Music to set the tone for your birth space
  • Helpful positions for pregnancy and labor from Spinning Babies
  • Foot reflexology massage
  • ​Rebozo use
  • Relaxation/visualization exercises
  • Birth Words workshop (see below)
By the end of the visit, you'll be equipped with several tools to employ during labor. (Please note, this package does not include by-your-side labor support. See the complete package, above, for details about a comprehensive package.)

Total fee: $100

Birth Words Workshop 

Words are powerful! During this one-hour workshop, we'll review the characteristics of language that positively impacts the birth space. I'll draw on my background in Applied Linguistics and my studies of numerous birth stories to help you use and receive language for good. You and your support person will practice using language that:
  • Sets a positive tone in your birth environment
  • Sways a negative tone, and
  • Encourages the laboring mother to produce and receive positive language.
For more information on my work in this area, see the "Birth Words" page and all of my blog posts marked with the "Birth Words" category tag.

Total fee: $40
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​Everyone deserves a supported birth! If you are a lower income family or otherwise have financial constraints, please fill out a grant application to help pay for doula services.

LENDING LIBRARY

All packages include access to my lending library. Titles in the library:
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  • Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent
  • The Baby Sleep Book: The Complete Guide to a Good Night's Rest for the Whole Family by William, Robert, James, and Martha Sears
  • The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby From Birth to Age Two by William, Martha, Robert, and James Sears
  • Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth by Robbie Kahn
  • The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth by William and Martha Sears
  • The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
  • Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Nancy Mohrbacher
  • Childbirth without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth by Grantly Dick-Read
  • Easy Labor: Every Woman's Guide to Choosing Less Pain and More Joy During Childbirth by Kathryn Alexander
  • Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley
  • The Gift of Giving Life: Rediscovering the Divine Nature of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Felice Austin, Lani Axman, Robyn Allgood, Heather Farrell, and Sheridan Ripley
  • The Healthy Pregnancy Book: Month by Month, Everything You Need to Know from America's Baby Experts (Sears Parenting Library) by William and Martha Sears
  • Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth
  • Hypnobirthing: The Mongan Method by Marie F. Mongan
  • Husband-Coached Childbirth: The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth by Robert A. Bradley
  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina Many Gaskin
  • Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Marshall H. Klaus, John Kennell, and Phyllis H. Klaus
  • Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds by Cynthia Gabriel
  • Nine Months by Miranda Paul (children's book)
  • The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins
  • Our Babies, Ourselves by Meredith F. Small
  • Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler
  • The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
  • Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility by Janet Jaffe, Martha Ourieff Diamond, and David J. Diamond
  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International
  • Women Writing Childbirth: Modern Discourses of Motherhood by Tess Cosslett
  • When Survivors Give Birth by Penny Simkin
  • Your Amazing Newborn by Marshall H. Klaus
  • Your Vegetarian Pregnancy by Holly Roberts​
Phone : 385-309-0167
Email: summitbirthutah@gmail.com

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Serving Utah County
Alpine - American Fork - Cedar Hills - Draper - Eagle Mountain - Elk Ridge - Highland - Lehi - Lindon - Mapleton - Orem - Payson -Pleasant Grove - Provo - Salem - Santaquin - Saratoga Springs - Spanish Fork - Springville - Vineyard - Woodland Hills