Labour and Birth Support

With so many options, opinions, and seemingly conflicting information online, preparing for birth can feel overwhelming at times. Grace's goal is to provide inclusive, trauma-informed, compassionate care that centres you within your story.

Labour and birth support covers the following areas:

  • Birth goals and strategies

  • Birthing after trauma

  • Optimal fetal positioning

  • Comfort measures for labour

  • Induction of labour

  • Cesarean section

  • Preparing for postpartum and infant feeding

Labour and birth support can look like:

  • Customized education and resource sharing

  • Helping to prepare questions for your healthcare provider

  • Helping to clearly define goals and paths to individual success

  • Aiding with problem solving and decision making

  • Offering suggestions for physical comfort and pain management during pregnancy, labour, and birth

  • Discussing strategies for building self-advocacy into your care plan

  • Ensuring continuity of support throughout your pregnancy, birth, and immediate postpartum period

  • Validating emotions, answering questions, and centring your experiences


Fees

Labour and birth support services are offered on a sliding scale as described in the packages below.

Early Labour Support Package

$500 - $1000

  • Strategies for Success: a goal-based birth planning session

  • Your choice of other prenatal support sessions, such as Comfort Measures for Labour, Preparing for Postpartum, Preparing for Lactation, Preparing for Induction, Preparing for Cesarean, and general check-ins

  • Unlimited text/email/phone support until 4 weeks postpartum

  • 24/7 on-call period from 37 weeks onward

  • Primary doula (back-up doula if desired)

  • Continuous support from early labour until you head to the hospital or the midwife arrives, with the option to extend to full birth support at any time

  • At least one postpartum support visit

Birth Support Package

$750 - $1500

  • Strategies for Success: a goal-based birth planning session

  • Your choice of other prenatal support sessions, such as: Comfort Measures for Labour, Preparing for Postpartum, Preparing for Lactation, Preparing for Induction, Preparing for Cesarean, and general check-ins

  • Unlimited text/email/phone support until 4 weeks postpartum

  • 24/7 on-call period from 37 weeks onward

  • Primary (back-up doula if desired)

  • Continuous support from early labour until at least one hour postpartum

  • At least one postpartum support visit