"Surround yourself with the support you and your newborn need to have a happy, nurturing postpartum experience."
Phone: 919-604-3402
Email: karen@gentletransitionsdoula.com
Serving the Triangle and Wake County areas including: Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Apex, Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Chapel Hill and Garner.
SERVICES OFFERED
Whether you are a new mom experiencing parenthood for the first time, or an experienced mom trying to juggle several children, everyone needs help during those postpartum weeks. How does a postpartum doula provide a more gentle transition of adding a new baby to your family?
- Provides non-medical physical and emotional support to the new mother
- Basic baby care education and soothing techniques
- Baby sleep education to support healthy sleep habits
- Breastfeeding and/or bottle feeding support
- Sibling-related care
- Light housekeeping such as washing bottles or laundry for baby
- Meal preparation and easy meal ideas
- Overnight support
- Antepartum care (for example, assistance in staging nursery before baby is born or while still in the hospital)
- Referrals to other resources as needed
HOURS OF AVAILABILITY
I am available from 8:30am until 2:30pm. Night support can also be arranged and is typically from 10pm until 6am. If I cannot fulfill any planned postpartum doula services due to a family emergency or illness, I will do my very best to find a back-up doula.
KAREN J. BAKER, MSW, PCD (DONA)
![]() I received my Master of Social Work degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004. I worked for several years with adults with mental illness, and also have experience in crisis intervention and death and dying issues, including pregnancy loss. In 2005, I became the proud mother of breastfed and bottle fed boy/girl twins. My experiences since that time not only include practical experience taking care of multiples, but also knowledge and experience with developmental delay and disabilities and special dietary needs. I received my postpartum doula certification from DONA International, the largest doula organization in the world, and I have my CPR/First Aid certification. I volunteer my time with children's ministries at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cary, as well as at my children’s school. |