In-Person Doula Services

The Experience

Virtual Meet & Greet Consultation

Before hire, we'll chat approx. 30 minutes about my services, your pregnancy, wants, goals, and what you're hoping to achieve with the support of a Doula. I'll answer any questions you and/or your partner have, and ensure we're a good match.

Self-Paced Empowered Beginnings Class

Based around the concept of Autonomous, Confident and Empowered births, this class will help you take your newfound knowledge and teach you how to actually apply it to have the best possible birth experience, no matter your circumstances.

Printed copy of The Ultimate Guide and Workbook & Postpartum Blueprint

This printed guide covers Labor and Birth, Pain Management, Partner Support, Avoiding Unnecessary Procedures and Advocating, Positioning, Working through Fears, and Postpartum Preparation.

Natural Breastfeeding Online Class

92% of new Moms report having significant issues breastfeeding in the week after birth. Set yourself up for success. Help you and your baby master the latch, feel confident in your milk supply, and recognize when and where to get help.

2-3 Prenatal Sessions

Each session lasts approximately 2 hours. In these sessions, we'll talk about your wants, goals, and fears. Together, we'll strategize a plan to help you get the most of your experience, and stack the odds in your favor for a positive, empowering experience and fill your "birth toolbox" with education, tools, resources, and unwavering support.

Body Ready Method

Paige is certifying as a Body Ready Method Professional (official testing at the end of January). As you can guess by the name, Body Ready Method helps you prepare your body for birth and postpartum. Paige will complete an assessment of your body (either virtually or in person) and give you personalized tools to utilize. Often these tools alleviate or avoid common pregnancy discomforts, and allow babies to navigate the pelvis during birth with ease- decreasing complications and interventions proactively, and reactively when appropriate.

Unlimited Phone/Text/Email Support

Support begins right after hire. You can call/text/email me with any questions or concerns you have. I will be there to provide emotional support, as well as provide solid evidence based information and reputable resources to fit your specific needs.

Access to Client Portal

This client portal is packed full of pregnancy, labor & birth, postpartum, baby and feeding information and resources. Unlike your typical Google search- here you'll only find the best solid, unbiased, evidence based information and resources on almost anything from advanced maternal age, VBAC, pregnancy discomforts, gestational diabetes, and TONS more.

Unlimited Virtual Support in Labor

Early labor is often a time that parents start to freak out... "is this really labor!?" "what should I do?" “When do I actually go to the hospital?” Don’t worry, Paige is here to guide you through the unknowns and jitters with tips and tricks to make early labor as well as the transition to your birthing location a smoother, easier process.

12 Hours In-Person Birth Support

When you decide you're ready for more support, I will meet you at your birthing location. During labor and birth, I will support you and your partner by advocating, helping you navigate options, assist with positioning, etc. And of course, I’ll have my Doula bag filled with all kinds of goodies to ease pain, and help comfort- like the Perfect Mama Plus TENS unit, the Birth Sling, and a trusty Rebozo.

Postpartum Support

The postpartum phase is often so many things- beautiful, overwhelming, hard, etc. which is why our care doesn’t stop after birth. Well still provide the same phone/email support up to 2 months postpartum. Plus an official postpartum session, which often gives you a chance to process and ask any questions about your birthing experience with your Doula. Additionally, I am there to help you troubleshoot any difficulties, provide resources, and information based on your needs as you transition into this new phase.

Customized Support

Never question "what's next?" or "what were those things I we talked about during our prenatal or postpartum appointment?". Paige will send out a personalized email after meetings, and after birth to remind you of those key points, as well as additional resources to help you move forward without feeling overwhelmed or "stuck".

Payment Options

I offer payment plans and sliding scale options. Make weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly payments. There’s no pressure here! Choosing your payment options is as easy as clicking a checkbox, and entering your preferred selections.

Keepsake Timeline

Time can feel like such a blur in labor. Paige will keep a timeline of your labor and birth and provide you a copy afterwards. This is a great tool to help you remember, process, and honor your experience.

Photos

Upon request, I'm happy to take photos and/or videos of your labor and birth at no extra charge! I'm not a professional, and support always comes first, but happy to do what I can to help capture this experience for you.

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Current Availability for In-Person Doula Services

I'm currently not taking In-person Doula clients, as I'm expecting our third baby in late February/early March of 2025.

Birth Support will be limited in Summer/Fall of 2025. If you're interested in Mama Bear Doula Services for birth support, please reach out early, as we expect these limited spots will fill quickly.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask or follow along on Instagram (linked HERE)

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Tier 1

$2000

Tier 2

$2400

Pricing

Why we added sliding scale options:

You may have invested in childbirth education elsewhere before hiring us, or you may be a 2nd+ time parent that may not need that aspect of our service.
You may still be fairly unfamiliar with Doulas and what they provide, so it feels like not only a big investment, but also a leap of faith.
We fully believe in the services we provide and believe they can help any expecting parents achieve a more positive and empowering experience. We love and care about our New England Mama community & we know that you do too!

Nobody goes into Doula work for the money- it's the pure passion for this work, and the desire to help others. With that said, we believe in making Doula work sustainable. Most small businesses don't make it past 5 years, and most Doulas don't make it beyond 2 years.

No matter what you're able to pay- you get the same quality care and compassion.

We've created payment plan and sliding scale options (and both can be used together!).

If either (or both) of these options sound like what you need- just select the options best suited to you after in the service option email you will receive after our Meet & Greet Consultation.

We've also successfully worked with Carrot Fertility and have had some success with insurance companies reimbursing some or all of the cost of Doula Services. (We recommend speaking to an insurance representative directly to ask about Doula coverage). Additionally, if you have an HSA or FSA, you're able to use those funds for our services.

Certifications and Trainings

Body Ready Method Professional

As a Certified Body Ready Method Professional, Paige is able to assess your body and movement and create individualized plans to help you balance and strengthen your body to help you avoid or minimize common pregnancy discomforts- like back pain, hip pain, SPD, etc. and help your baby navigate the pelvis in labor. The idea is to use proactive tools in pregnancy, and Paige will guide you through reactive tools, if needed, during labor to help improve outcomes and avoid unnecessary interventions. Learn more: https://bodyreadymethod.com/pro-training/

Full Spectrum Doula Certified

Certified through Birthworker, as a Full Spectrum Doula, and Childbirth Educator, Paige has extensive education in supporting women from pre-conception through the fourth trimester. Birthworker is based around the idea of autonomy and trust- a value that's incredibly important to Mama Bear Doula Services of Maine. We believe in giving you the information, tools and support, so that YOU can take the power and decide what's important to you- without the bias or judgement. Even in the event things don't go as hoped, we believe in helping parents still feel informed, empowered, heard, and always the head of any decisions.

GentleBirth Certified

GentleBirth combines brain science, birth science, and technology to prepare for a positive birth experience- no matter how things unfold, using tools like hypnosis, mindfulness, affirmations, and breathing. At Mama Bear Doula Services, our favorite aspect about GentleBirth is their approach with "training the brain". Let's face it- our brains are a big part of our functioning- why wouldn't we use what we know about the brain, and how it works and apply that in the birth space? We believe it's key to what most Childbirth classes are missing. Paige teaches these tools and techniques in meeting and in the Ultimate Labor and Birth Guide.

The Educated Birth Member

Being a member of The Educated Birth gives our clients special access to birth and postpartum preparation tools, as well as beautifully designed educational resources- like videos, handouts, and guides that you'll find in our Client Portal (included in your Doula Support Package).

Evidence Based Birth Professional

Being an EBB Professional gives me access to share signature, evidence based, articles with clients- including hot topics like the Vitamin K injection, big babies, Pitocin, Induction, going past due, comfort measures, newborn procedures, and more.