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postpartum focused ~ full spectrum doula

postpartum focused ~ full spectrum doula ⋒

Nourishing Newborn Families in Oakland, California

By being a warm, calm, grounded, knowledgeable, and nonjudgemental presence, I support you to identify your values, needs, and goals for early parenthood and beyond. By meeting you where you are at with unconditional support… and loving you with food, nurturing touch, space holding, encouragement to rest, as well as time to connect (with yourself as an individual, with your newborn, your partner, and as a family) I strive to leave you all feeling bit calmer, and more nourished and confident when I leave.

Care for you while you learn to care for your new baby.

Whether this is your first baby (second, or third) a new baby births a newborn version of your family. Just like your newborn, each member needs holding and tending, care, nourishment, and support to be healthy and thrive.

MEET YOUR DOULA -

Nicky Pariser

I am a postpartum focused, full spectrum doula, providing daytime support to East Bay families. I work with clients prenatally to created a personalized roadmap for the postpartum time, equipping individuals and partners with tools to stay connected to themselves and each other through the big ups and downs of new parenthood. I also work with parents who already have a child(ren) to figure out how to integrate a new tiny member while continuing to meet the needs of their existing ones. I believe that how individuals and families are cared for in the early days, weeks, months and years of postpartum impacts the health and wellbeing of that family and their community for years and decades and generations to come. If we want a more peaceful, loving, healthy world, we need to show up for folks postpartum!

Postpartum focused, full spectrum doula.

Trained to support the full spectrum of reproductive experiences and outcomes with a focus on nourishing postpartum people and families, opportunities to work with me include Prenatal Postpartum Planning (One-to-one Virtual or In Person); Daytime postpartum doula support; Virtual postpartum support; In-person and virtual new parent circles (beginning soon).

Erica -

“Nicky supported my husband and I during our first transiton into parenthood with our baby girl. Her presence in our home was so grounding and much needed in those early postpartum days. Her warm meals, nurturing care and judgemental free advice helped us navigate all the things parenthood brings. Among everything else, she loved our family with warmth and care like her own. We would recommend Nicky to any family in need of postpartum support no matter first child or 5th! We love Nicky!”

There is not one way to birth and parent. With care and support, you will find your way.