A postpartum doula supports the whole family during the postpartum transition, including parental recovery, feeding, newborn care, and household adjustment.

A newborn care specialist focuses more specifically on the baby, including feeding, soothing, newborn development, routines, and overnight care.

At nurch•her, these roles often work together, allowing care to be tailored to both the parent and newborn rather than fitting into one narrow category.

ROTA newborn care provides extended newborn care specialist support on a rotating schedule, often across longer shifts or consecutive days. It offers families consistent, structured care tailored around their newborn’s needs, feeding rhythms, sleep, and family schedule.

• Overnight postpartum doula care

• Daytime postpartum doula support

• Newborn care specialist support

• ROTA newborn care

• Virtual postpartum guidance

• Sibling doula support

• Travel doula support

• Infant and pediatric sleep consulting through the nurch•her sleep studio

Each service can be tailored around your family, your baby, and the season of support you are in.

Overnight care is designed to protect rest while ensuring your newborn is calmly and attentively cared for.

Depending on your feeding plan and preferences, support may include feeding or bringing baby to you to nurse, burping, diaper changes, soothing, settling, bottle preparation, washing bottles and pump parts, documenting the night, and resetting the newborn care space for the morning.

Daytime postpartum care is shaped around what would make your day feel more manageable.

Support may include newborn care while you rest or shower, feeding support, light meal or snack preparation, baby laundry, bottle and pump-part care, nursery organization, sibling transition support, and practical guidance as you become more comfortable with your baby.

All feeding choices are supported.

If you are breastfeeding overnight, baby can be brought to you for feeds and then taken back for burping, changing, soothing, and settling so you can return to sleep more quickly.

For pumping, formula feeding, or combination feeding, support can include bottle preparation, feeding, pump-part care, paced bottle feeding, and helping maintain the routine that works best for your family.

Care stays focused on the postpartum parent, newborn, and the immediate needs of the family..

Depending on the shift, this may include washing bottles and pump parts, baby laundry, restocking newborn supplies, light nursery organization, simple meal or snack preparation, and tidying areas used during care.

Postpartum doula care is not general housekeeping or deep cleaning.

Overnight care is typically scheduled in 8-, 9-, 10-hour shifts, while daytime support is generally offered in 4-hour blocks.

Some families begin with several nights or days each week and gradually reduce support as recovery progresses and confidence grows. Others need only occasional care.

Your schedule can be built around your recovery, feeding plan, partner’s schedule, older children, and overall support system.

There is no single timeline.

Some families need concentrated support during the first few weeks after birth, while others continue care for several months as routines evolve, parents return to work, or newborn needs change.

We can discuss what makes sense for your family rather than committing you to more support than you need.

Postpartum doula and newborn care specialist support can be reserved during pregnancy or after your baby arrives.

Booking in advance offers the greatest scheduling flexibility, particularly for overnight postpartum care. However, availability changes throughout the year, so it is always worth reaching out even if your due date is approaching or your baby is already here and you need support.

Babies rarely follow a calendar.

Care is reserved around your estimated due date with flexibility built in for normal changes in arrival timing. If your baby has already arrived, you are still welcome to inquire. Last minute postpartum support may be available depending on the current schedule.

You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out.

Many families know they need support but are unsure whether that means overnight care, daytime care, newborn focused support, or simply guidance during the transition.

Your consultation is an opportunity to talk through your household, recovery, feeding plans, schedule, and priorities so we can determine the level of support that best fits your family and it’s natural rhythm.

Yes. Professional postpartum support is designed to work alongside the people already supporting you.

A doula can help protect your partner’s rest, give family members space to enjoy the baby rather than manage every practical task, and provide experienced newborn and postpartum guidance when questions arise.

Postpartum care can be especially valuable when there are older children adjusting to a new sibling.

Yes. Postpartum doula and newborn care specialist support can be adapted for a wide range of postpartum experiences, including Cesarean recovery, twins or multiples, families transitioning home after a NICU stay, and households with older siblings.

Care remains non-medical, with support focused on newborn care, feeding, rest, routines, support, and the practical adjustments of recovery and settling in at home.

I am a certified postpartum doula and certified newborn care specialist with nearly two decades of experience supporting families through the postpartum and newborn season. My training also includes lactation education, newborn sleep specialist, and sleep consulting.

My experience includes supporting families through newborn feeding, overnight newborn care, postpartum recovery, sibling transitions, multiples, and the many practical adjustments that come with bringing a new baby home.

In-person postpartum doula and newborn care specialist services are available throughout North County San Diego and select San Diego areas.

Travel time, scheduling, and availability may vary by location. If you’re outside the immediate service area, please reach out to discuss availability.

Virtual postpartum guidance is available for families who want professional support without in-home care.

Sibling doula support is designed to care for older children during labor, birth, and the transition to welcoming a new baby.

Travel doula support provides continuity of postpartum and newborn care while your family traveling domestically or internationally.

Begin by submitting an inquiry through the website.

From there, I’ll connect with you to discuss your estimated due date or preferred start date, location, family needs, and the type of support you’re considering. Once availability and fit are confirmed, I’ll send your agreement and reservation details. Your dates are officially reserved once the signed agreement and retainer are received.

You do not need to know exactly what you need before reaching out. We can talk through the options together and shape a plan around your family’s needs, schedule, and priorities.

I am a certified postpartum doula and certified newborn care specialist with additional training in lactation education, newborn sleep, and infant and pediatric sleep consulting. I maintain current infant, child, and adult CPR and first aid certification.

I am also TrustLine registered, which includes California DOJ and FBI fingerprint-based background screening.

nurch•her is a Carrot provider. Coverage and reimbursement vary by plan, so families are encouraged to confirm benefits directly with their provider.