The fourth trimester, held with care

Nora is incredible – working with her was one of the best birth decisions we made. She was knowledgeable, responsive, resourceful, perceptive, and adaptable. Nora’s adaptability meant that she often knew what we needed before we knew. Looking back on our daughter’s first few weeks, it is hard to imagine having done it without Nora.

She helped us learn how to care for our little one, manage sleeplessness, and troubleshoot unexpected challenges, including troubles with breastfeeding and nighttime sleep. She was knowledgeable and responsive, and after learning about our sleep preferences and our concerns, Nora customized a recommendation for us. She also helped us prepare for the emotional and logistical challenges of Chas’s return to work. We are glad we chose her.

“Nora was so knowledgeable, calming and a wonderful resource. She included me as a grandmother and helped my daughter and her husband become confident new parents. I was impressed that Nora recognized early on that my new granddaughter was having trouble latching deep enough and recommended a lactation consultant for an evaluation. ”

The support Nora provided went far beyond feeding, diapering, and soothing. Her expertise helped us make informed, evidence-based decisions, and her warm demeanor made it a pleasure to welcome her into our home. She also provided me support as I recovered from my cesarean delivery. Even for experienced parents, bringing home a new baby is a huge transition. We know Nora will be a tremendous help when it’s time to give our baby girl a sibling!

“Nora was a calming, compassionate presence during the challenging, sleep-deprived early weeks. Her visits allowed me to get much needed rest and restored some order to our household.”

Nora is warm, respectful of varying perspectives, and impressively knowledgeable about the postpartum period. Any family would be fortunate to have her by their side.

We were expecting during COVID times and my parents weren’t able to come to help with my newborn and toddler. Nora was so kind and reassuring right from the beginning. I was being very cautious about our exposure and contamination and she was careful, open, and honest about her exposure during Covid and I felt very comfortable with her. Nora's demeanor is gentle and kind and she took great care of every member of the family. She offered ideas and had creative solutions, referring experts and helping to run errands that I was too afraid to do. Her knowledge base is very broad, she clearly has a passion for birthing and babies and had a lot of really great feedback that fostered my road to recovery quickly. I was impressed with her knowledge in even obscure things. I loved her laid back yet professional attitude, it really encouraged an environment of calm and stability in the home and she had that effect on our baby and high energy toddler too. She is definitely a baby whisperer. Nora is also a problem solver. I was getting stressed about laundry and organizing a mountain of baby clothes and she Marie Kondo-ed all of it for me. We were very happy with her and asked her to visit us more than we had originally arranged. I will always be grateful to her for helping us during such a crazy time and I would highly recommend her. If anyone is on the fence about hiring her, or a postpartum doula at all, I would say just meet her and you’ll quickly know what I’m talking about.