Practical and compassionate support through your fourth trimester

Each visit is a chance to slow down, receive support, and feel more at ease in your new rhythm as a family. 

Services

Daymoon Doula’s postpartum support is flexible and family-centered, designed to meet the unique needs of each home. I offer in-person care focused on rest, nourishment, and gentle guidance during the first months after birth. 

In practice, this might include cooking nourishing meals, folding laundry, washing bottles or pump parts, organizing, holding babies so parents can nap, brewing herbal tea, or simply listening when emotions spill over. I can help you understand your newborn’s needs and cues, troubleshoot latch and feeding issues, and support the birthing person’s physical and emotional healing.

Scheduling & Availability

I currently offer part-time postpartum support in the East Bay, with weekday morning and afternoon visits and limited weekend availability. My schedule is flexible, but often includes Mondays through Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays during the day, and occasional Saturday evenings.

I’d love to connect and explore how I can best support you.

How It Works

We’ll begin with a free 30-minute meeting to make sure we’re a good fit and discuss what kind of support will feel most helpful.

If we decide to work together, I’ll send a short agreement outlining our shared expectations and time commitment. To reserve your spot on my calendar, I ask for a 50% non-refundable retainer, applied to the final portion of care. Remaining hours are billed weekly as sessions are completed. This way, you pay as we go, and your final visits are fully secured.

Many families begin with 3–4 hour visits several times a week, taking into account gaps in family care or transitions like going back to work. 

Pricing

Rate: $50 per hour
Minimum: Three hours per visit, to ensure meaningful support

About Kelly

My path to postpartum work began when I became a mother. After my twins were born, my sister stayed with us for a month. I remember the two of us laughing around the table, just a handful of days after the birth, feeling myself punch-drunk with exhaustion, emotion, and probably medication. Those early weeks postpartum felt like a break in reality as I’d known it, and I was grateful beyond words to have someone to share that bizarre, beautiful experience with. Her presence was vital.

At Daymoon Doula, I ground my work in calm presence and practical support. I specialize in helping families create gentle rhythms that support recovery, rest, and confidence in early parenthood. My approach is relational and responsive. I listen carefully, adapt easily, and bring steadiness, a touch of humor, and deep reverence for our inner lives. (Yes, please tell me your birth story!) 

I love babies, families in all forms, and the everyday practices that sustain life. I believe carework is a form of resistance, that slowing down, asking for help, and tending the early postpartum period with respect can bring healing that ripples outward.

I trained as a postpartum doula with Cornerstone Birthwork, am in my fifth year of parenting twins, and have a background in ecology. When I’m not supporting families, I’m often making beautiful messes with my sons, working with plants, or birding.

A Note on Equity and Care

In the United States, Black and brown women and birthing people face far higher rates of complications and mortality during and after childbirth due to systemic racism and inequities in care. These disparities are not biological, they are rooted in the long history of white supremacy and systemic racism that continue to harm Black and brown families today.

As a postpartum doula, I approach this work with awareness and humility, supporting birth justice by listening deeply, advocating when needed, and helping to create spaces where all parents and babies can thrive.

Contact

Reach out to schedule a free 30-minute meeting.

 FAQs

  • A postpartum doula is a calm, knowledgeable support person who helps families adjust to life with a newborn. A baby’s needs are constant and consuming, and meeting them takes nearly everything a family has to give. Postpartum doulas provide the practical help and emotional care that allow parents not only to keep up with those demands, but also to rest, recover, and bond with their baby. They work to revitalize the birthing parent in body and spirit, nurturing the foundations of long-term mental health and family well-being.

  • A nanny’s main focus is caring for the baby. A postpartum doula supports the whole family, particularly the birthing parent, in the fourth trimester. It’s a more encompassing kind of caregiving: tending to both the baby’s needs and the parent’s healing and wellbeing. As a postpartum doula I want to work myself out of a job, helping you adjust to life with your newborn and leaving you feeling confident and grounded in your family rhythm. 

    Postpartum doula care is also flexible. Families can hire me for short-term support during the first few weeks or months, choosing the amount of care that feels right for them.

  • Ideally we would meet before the baby is born to come up with a schedule that would best serve you. That being said, reach out if Baby is here and you want help now! It’s never too late. In a perfect world I would love to see families getting postpartum support for the entire fourth trimester, or 12 weeks after birth. We can make a plan specific to your family’s needs and budget. 

  • Each visit begins with a quick check-in to see what the day’s priorities are. Maybe you hand me the baby so you can shower or nap, maybe you and Baby stay snuggled while I cook or tidy up, maybe it’s something in between. However the day unfolds, there will be tea!

  • I would be honored to support anyone welcoming a new baby. There are so many beautiful ways to become a parent, and everyone, however they identify or form their family, deserves wholehearted care and support.

  • While I believe that postpartum support is one of the best investments you can make for yourself and your family, I know it’s tough out there! Please reach out and we can discuss payment plans.