The Right Kind of Support
There’s a lot of research showing the benefits of having doula support.
We don’t call ourselves magic workers, and won’t guarantee that your baby will be the cutest grandkid in the family, but doula support can help decrease both the length of your labour and your chance of having a c-section, increase your chances of a vaginal delivery without medication (only if you want to!) and help ensure you have a better birth experience.
As one obstetrician said, “If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it.”
So what is it doulas are doing that makes us so great?
- We answer your middle of the night call when you’re not sure if you’re in labour or not.
- We guide your partner in how to best massage you and coach them on how to give you the support you need.
- Help you navigate through the medical system and give you specific tools to cope with pain, make decisions and ask the right questions when you’re not sure what’s happening.
We offer birth doula and postpartum doula support packages that help take care of everything. This means:
- We’re there at the moment your baby is born and still there when it’s time to feed them for the first time.
- We show up in the early days at home, when you’re tired and emotional and can’t remember what day it is.
- We remind you to eat, *and* we make the food for you.
- We teach you how to soothe your baby and we let you sleep with the comfort that your baby is in good hands.
Forget what you’ve been told: Having a baby isn’t “supposed” to be hard. If there was a way to make this experience more joyful, less painful, and easier, why wouldn’t you?
Birth Doula Support
Hiring a doula shouldn’t be complicated. Our packages includes everything you need to feel fully supported through your birth experience. You’ll be matched with one of the amazing doulas from our team. We ensure you get the best personality fit and someone who is available for your due date for the doula support you can rely on and get excited about.
We spend time getting to know you, helping you prepare for your ideal birth experience, and making sure you’re ready for the “big day”. Our support includes prenatal meetings with your doula, on-call availability for your birth with back-up from our team, and follow-up after your birth.
Pricing: Starting at $1450+
Postpartum Doula Support
Our hands-on postpartum doula support is exactly what every new family needs. Our doulas are trained in postpartum recovery, breastfeeding support, and have tons of experience with fresh newborns.
We’ll make sure you’re well rested, that baby is fed and cared for and have all your new parent questions answered before we leave. We start each visit finding out what you need most that day. Then we take care of the whole family, not just the little bundle everyone else is coming to see.
Our packages vary by a la carte pricing to packages covering the first few months or more. You decide how much doula support your family needs.
Pricing: Packages start at $42/hr
Overnight Doula Support
Get some sleep! Let us help you care for your baby throughout the night, or if you’re ready we can fully take-over so that you can get a full night’s rest.
Many of our clients search for night nurses in Montreal or night nannies to help them out when the extreme fatigue hits. We bring our skills to help with breastfeeding and pumping support, your postpartum recovery whether vaginal birth or c-section, and have the experience to understand the emotions that come with the postpartum period. We also let you schedule flexibly, when you need it most.
Prices: Starting at $330/8 hours
Sibling Doula Support
If you’re expecting your second or third baby and need reliable and trustworthy support to care for your older child when you go into labour, we’re available and here for you.
You’ll get the support of a trained and experienced doula to help you prepare for the arrival of your new little one. Whether your family and friends are far away, unable to be there, not available to be there at a moment’s notice this support is invaluable.
Your doula will meet your family in advance to find out your schedule and spceific needs. She will help you decide when to head to the hospital, and promptly arrive to take care of your toddler or older child while you’re at the hospital, making sure you’re all feeling comfortable, safe and cared for.
Prices: Packages are custom priced for your family. Contact us for more details.
Bump and Glow Doulas provide birth doula and postpartum doula support in the greater Montreal area.
Our doulas are experienced in supporting all types of births: whether you want an epidural or a “natural”, unmedicated birth and have also attended many cesarean births, twin births, high-risk pregnancies and inductions.
Our postpartum doula support focuses on caring for the whole family and includes feeding support of any kind, help with meal prep and light housekeeping, emotional support and baby care.
We are pro-choice, pro-abortion, LGBTQ friendly (as well as many of our team being part of this community), and believe in advocacy and grassroots activism.