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What I Offer

My focus is on preparing families for the physical and emotional twists and turns that birth may take. I teach The Deep Well Method, which is a holistic approach to birth preparation that honors both the physiological needs of the laboring dyad alongside the emotional and psychological needs using mindfulness breathing techniques, visualization, guided meditation, body balancing, relaxation techniques and hands-on coping tools to meet each labor wave.

While it may be tempting to chase the perfect birth of your dreams by using the same methods of control and management that have worked for you throughout your life, I find the real preparatory work here is around learning to stay connected to yourself while moving through uncertainty, vulnerability, and the kind of powerlessness that is best faced head on. This method invites expecting parents to prepare not only with information, but with an embodied surrender to whatever this birth may ask of them, knowing they will have the tools and the support they need when the time comes.

The Deep Well Method views birth as a rite of passage that requires flexibilty, resilience, mindfulness and surrender. It recognizes that modern parents are deeply capable people who are used to meeting the challenges of holding their lives together. Pregnancy and birth profoundly challenge those patterns, asking for the planner and manager in us to step aside and make way for the part that can soften their grip and allow the intensity of transformation to take place.

The foundation of the Deep Well Method is the Transformational Childbirth Education Workshop, which teaches evidence-based information, role playing, birth rehearsals and body balancing optimal fetal positioning stretches in an experiential non-lecture-based way so that you leave class feeling empowered and prepared instead of overwhelmed. We discuss how to make informed decisions about interventions in labor from a place of grounded clarity rather than panic, with an emphasis on bodily autonomy, true informed consent and the full acknowledgement that there is no one right decision to make at any given moment, there is only what feels right to you. Grounded decision-making is a central element to this method. Many parents have spent years being taught to defer to outside authority and benefit from setting the intention to shift their perspective of who gets to have the final say over their body back to themself.

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This workshop is followed by the Transformational Postpartum and Lactation Workshop, which helps you look honestly at the early weeks with a newborn without increasing anxiety or creating unrealistic expectations. We explore the first hours and weeks of life with a newborn, how to soothe a newborn while focusing on your own healing and how to prepare ahead of time for the relationship shifts that often catch couples off guard. We learn hands-on lactation education with practical tips and thoughtfully chosen recommendations to support feeding. This includes interactive tools, games, and journaling prompts that help you integrate the information and prepare more fully.

People often tell report this workshop helped them feel seen, relieved, and more connected to their partner.

The Deep Well Method focuses heavily on the body itself. Birth is physical, and through movement, maternal positioning, breathwork, touch, nervous system regulation, and comfort measures such as counter-pressure and accupressure, you learn how to work with your body rather than against it. Attention is given to how tension patterns, fear, your environment, and your emotional state can impact labor progression and the overall birth experience, and you are encouraged to develop a relationship to your body that is rooted in listening rather than overriding. Optimal fetal positioning is central to this work, and intentional movement can create more comfort for the birthing person as well as help your baby navigate your pelvis with less stress on their heart rate.

This approach helps parents reconnect with their own instincts by learning to pause, notice what they are feeling in their body, gather information and make choices that align with their values, intuition and circumstances. This is the single most important aspect to how someone feels about their birth afterwards, regardless of what happens in their journey. Parents who remembered to use their voice and make grounded decisions tend to have less complicated feelings of grief and depression in their postpartum experience.

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The emphasis throughout my work with the families I support deeply values the emotional and psychological shifts all parents face. Fear, grief, past trauma, perfectionism, relationship dynamics, uncertainty, anxiety, overwhelm, guilt, and the discomfort of the identity shift are not obstacles to overcome but are seen as vital parts of the transformation that will serve you in the end. Parents are supported in developing emotional resilience and self-compassion, their experience never dismissed but put into the context it deserves, so that they can move through the labyrinth of birth and postpartum with more softness.

Partners are an essential component of the journey as well, and are undergoing their own transformation. The Deep Well Method provides clear frameworks for partners to learn effective and impactful support techniques to provide the comfort their partner needs while staying regulated and meeting their own needs. This helps partners feel prepared and confident, as well as a full participant in the birth of their child. As a doula, I am there to support birth partners sometimes just as much as I’m supporting the birthing person.

I am there to support you in finding the choices that align with your needs and values in each moment. I work with families whose choices vary from home birth to planned cesarean, co-sleeping to sleep training. My goal is to expand the ideas of what birth and postpartum experiences may require of you, and to assist you in gathering the tools that help you to keep moving forward.

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I intentionally work with only 1-2 families each month so that I can remain deeply present, well-rested, and fully available when your care calls for me. This spaciousness allows me to steadily support your family with continuity as you move through the threshold of pregnancy, birth and the postpartum transition. In devotion to this level of care, I offer the following packages:

Birth Doula Packages

  • This package includes: four private prenatal sessions where we lay the foundation for our work together and get to know your values, hopes, and concerns for this journey.

    A birth workshop, postpartum and lactation focused workshop, and a birth planning session round out our prenatal preparation in addition to regular check-ins by phone.

    When you’re ready for support in labor, I offer hands-on comfort and optimal fetal positioning techniques in addition to a range of tools we explored in our workshop. My on-call birth support begins at 37 weeks of pregnancy.

    Lactation guidance in addition to one postpartum visit tailored to your needs during which I offer additional soothing and feeding support, birth processing, maternal healing support and nourishing postpartum meals.

    A virtual weekly postpartum circle on zoom is a space to share, be heard, ask questions, and connect with others in the same life season.

  • In addition to the offerings in The Root package, this package offers two postpartum visits a week for the first three weeks

  • For parents who seek the ultimate focus on birth and postpartum nourishment and maternal healing to help them move through this life-changing transition feeling deeply supported.

    This package includes all of the offerings from The Descent package in addition to 35mm birth photography, herbal sitz baths, teas and foot soaks, placenta encapsulation and tincture, Ayurvedic meal preparation with each postpartum visit, and gentle sleep guidance focused on understanding normal infant sleep patterns, soothing techniques, and ways to support your baby’s rhythm and your family’s wellbeing.

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The Deep Well Process

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Pregnancy Support

You’ll have ongoing and unlimited phone, text, or email access for the big feelings, questions, concerns. Each package includes a private intake session, a Transformational Childbirth Education Workshop, a Postpartum and Lactation Workshop, and a birth planning session as well as monthly gatherings.

Labor Support

When you need support in labor, I’m right there with you holding space, offering comfort, and bringing practical tools like positioning support, breathwork, and guided meditations. Whether you’re planning a home birth, birth center birth, or a hospital birth, I help you stay centered and in tune with your body’s deep wisdom.

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Postpartum Support

With hands-on lactation and infant feeding support, weekly support circles, monthly meetups and nourishing home-cooked meals, I tend to your healing and integration during the postpartum shift. We stay connected as you settle into your new rhythm.

  • "“Have you ever met someone who seemed to know what you needed before you knew you needed it? That is what it felt like to have Dawn as the doula for my unmedicated births. It was uncanny, like she could see and feel what was happening for me and instantly provided without fanfare whatever I needed. Steady, perceptive, sensitive, and with a great sense of humor, Dawn’s care is a special gift I wish every expecting mother could receive. During pregnancy, Dawn helped me prepare mentally and physically, suggesting exercises, visualizations and breathing techniques to keep me centered. She revealed a wealth of knowledge on how to relieve symptoms of late pregnancy, such as backaches and pelvic pressure. Dawn offers an impressive command of her field; the flexibility to adapt her practice to mom’s (and baby’s!) wishes; and sincere compassion for her client."

    -Anna

  • "We felt so lucky to find Dawn! My OB recommended her to me and she was a perfect fit. She's quite knowledgeable and her calm demeanor feels reassuring. She took the time to get to know us and figure out how to tailor her approach to what we needed. I happen to have an interest in meditation and she's great at facilitating a minful approach. She was consistenly responsive, immediately replying with reassurance and expertise. I'll always be grateful for her help during those vulnerable moments. I highly recommend working with her. She's a gem."

    –Lauren L.

  • "Do I recommend Dawn? Absolutely. Will we hire her again? Without hesitation. If we are lucky enough to have another child someday, Dawn will be among the very first people we contact."

    –Joseph