Sample Package Options

Customised Packages Available

Below are Popular Options

Birth Package €2,300

The package includes:

* 4 Prenatal inhome visits of 3 hours each, to discuss your Birth Plan and preferences for comfort measures, to go over comfort measures with your partner, and get your home set up for early labour and bringing baby home

* Antenatal in person support sessions, at weeks 22, 34, 37, and 39 as these allow me opportunity to study body language and facial expressions. Then when the mother-to-be is in labour I am able to better interpret the minor shifts in their body to recommend comfort measures appropriate to how and where they are feeling. I offer video call check-ins weeks 33, 35, 38 and 40+.

The week 22 visit is to go through Spinning Babies techniques to improve the labour and birth experience.

* On Call with me from week 37

* In home support during your early labour

* In-person support for birth from early labour, to accompany you to hospital and stay with you through labour and birth and once transferred to postpartum

* 3 Postpartum visits of 3 hours each to help you settle in at home

* If you have a medically advised c-section then I transfer value of Birth attendance element of the package to Postpartum support, by providing an additional 7 sessions, so added on to the 3 sessions included in the package it is a total of 10 sessions of 3 hours each, 30 hours

* Unlimited text and call support

Postpartum 100 Hours €4,200

100 hours, in sessions of 4 hours per day,

5 days a week for first 3 weeks (60 hrs),

then 4 days a week for 2 weeks (32 hrs),

then final 2 sessions in next week (8 hrs).

Total of 25 sessions over 6 weeks.

Schedules can be customised and I'm flexible to change session times over the weeks as baby and parents needs evolve.

I do not ask for an agreed schedule of days / times / shift length before baby arrives. This is because my clients rarely know the level of support or the hours that are of most benefit until they get home with baby. Your baby may take long naps in the morning and then afternoon support may be of more help to you, or your baby may wake a lot during the night initially and morning support to allow the family rest is of most benefit. My clients usually book a package of hours, with a loose idea of the anticipated schedule.

The Postpartum support sessions do not have an expiry, you can book whenever is most of benefit to you. Popular sessions include day of discharge, so I can unpack while you cuddle with baby, then during week 1 to help with feeding and tips on newborn care, to assist with 2 week or 6 week check up or vaccine appointments, or a day to support you while you rest.

Antenatal & Postpartum €580

Antenatal Sessions

2 sessions of 3 hours each

At an Antenatal visit, I can help you set up the baby's cot/side sleeper/bassinet, assemble the buggy for you, set up nappy change areas and give you tips on baby care for when you get home.

At antenatal support visits a I can batch cook for you and provide practical help. I can accompany you to medical appointments. I can also go through information resources on labour, comfort measures, breastfeeding, and the post birth experience.

Postpartum Support:

2 sessions of 3 hours each

The focus of my Postpartum Doula service is to ensure the family unit is thriving. To this end, I offer emotional, information and practical help.

I can provide information resources and tips on range of topics including: winding, reflux, colic, feeding positions, nappies, baby wearing, baby massage, safe cosleeping, baby sleep, washing baby, expressing and storing milk, sterilising bottles, giving baby a bottle, baby starting solids, adjustment to new routine, recovery, nutrition, fears or concerns you may wish to discuss.

Wedding Nanny €780

The package includes:

* 16 hours support, for example from 11am day of wedding to 3am that night

* Care for infant and support for parents

* Feeding baby bottles of expressed milk or formula, or alerting breastfeeding parent to hunger cues so parent can feed

* Nappy changes, winding, soothing, feeding solids, help with settling for naps and sleep

* Taking baby for walk around the venue

* Keeping baby close for parents to have check ins and snuggles as needed

* Age appropriate play

* Emotional support and practical help for parents

Parent To Be Workshop €390

8 Hours across 2 sessions, evening or weekend.

This workshop is designed for Dads to be, to prepare you to support your partner through pregnancy, labour, birth and postpartum, as well as equipping you with the tools and techniques to care for your baby and support your partners recovery.
It is important to have realistic expectations and information regarding what is 'normal' during pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Be prepared, and start your journey as a Dad with independent, evidence based, best practice resources.

Holistic Sleep Support €630

3 sessions of 4 hours each with families to discuss:

* Safe sleep, bedsharing, infant feeding and feeding challenges that affect sleep

* Respectful sleep strategies at different ages, naps, and early rising

* Behaviour, temperament, and parenting

Colic, reflux, nutrition, allergies, eating and health challenges

* Mental health and anxiety

* Co-creating sleep strategies with families

This package is for families to find gentler, more age appropriate solutions for common sleep challenges, as well as guiding the right referrals for more complex problems. Evening sessions.

Support Service Description

The focus of my Postpartum Doula service is to ensure the family unit is thriving. To this end, I offer emotional, information and practical help. This includes, but is not limited to, and changes over weeks as family needs evolve: minding baby for parents to sleep/rest or shower/bath or eat or go for walk (whatever parents needs to do), nappy changes, bath baby, feed baby expressed milk or formula, wash and sterilise breast pump and/or bottles, prepare meals and snacks for parents, accompany parents to medical appointments, laundry (load washing machine/dryer/clothes drying horse), change bed sheets, organise baby clothes for storage, assist in any practical way that benefits parents and baby.

I will also provide information resources and tips on range of topics including: feeding options, winding, reflux, colic, feeding positions, nappies, baby wearing, baby massage, safe cosleeping, baby sleep, washing baby, expressing and storing milk, sterilising bottles, giving baby a bottle, baby starting solids, adjustment to new routine, your own recovery, nutrition, fears or concerns you may wish to discuss.

At an Antenatal visit, I can help you set up the baby's cot/side sleeper/bassinet, assemble the buggy for you, set up nappy change areas and give you tips on baby care for when you get home.

Carrot Insurance Doula Benefit

My birth, postpartum, and pregnancy loss services have been deemed eligible by Carrot Fertility Insurance, meaning Carrot members may use their Carrot benefit to be reimbursed for covered care provided by me.

If you qualify for the Carrot Fertility benefit, the first step is to contact your employer or benefits manager and get the exact details of what coverage is included in your plan. Benefits vary widely depending on your employer's plan—many cover up to six weeks of daytime and overnight doula care (up to 16 hours per day), including prenatal and birth support, while others might offer different options.

I have been pre-approved by Carrot Insurance meaning the attestation form is not needed, simply submit my name to Carrot and confirm the level of cover you are entitled to. After selecting your package, you will sign a contract and pay for the services upfront. In most cases, Carrot Health operates on a reimbursement model, meaning you’ll need to submit the receipts to claim your costs back.

Steps to take:

Confirm Coverage:

Contact your employer or benefits manager to understand the specific doula services and benefit amount covered under your Carrot plan.
Submit my name to Carrot Insurance to confirm eligibility for the doula service requested which can be pregnancy loss services, antenatal, labour, birth and postpartum support services.
Sign my Contract and Pay
Carrot often operates on a reimbursement model, so you'll likely need to pay the cost of services upfront and then submit receipts for reimbursement. If you are unable to pay the full amount upfront you can pay in instalments. For every payment you make I provide you with a receipt which you submit to Carrot Insurance for reimbursement, then with the reimbursement you can then make the next instalment payment and continue in this way until the package has been paid in full.