Prenatal, Labour + Birth Doula Support (In-Person)

Packages from $1,200+

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My labour and birth packages include essential support for navigating pregnancy, labour, and early postpartum with more ease and clarity. From thoughtful preparation to continuous birth support and early postpartum care, you’re held every step of the way.

Bringing a baby into the world is big, beautiful, and sometimes a lot to navigate - you don’t have to do it alone. My in-person doula support is offered in partnership with the Nelson Doula Collective, giving you the benefit of a connected, experienced team behind you. That means built-in backup, shared wisdom, and the reassurance that you’ll always have strong, seamless support throughout your journey.

With continuous care from pregnancy through labour and into your early postpartum hours, we walk alongside you through the planning, the intensity, the unknowns, and the “we actually did it” moments.

You’re welcome to customize your birth support with optional add-on rentals, including birth pools, TENS machines, and peanut/birth balls. These tools can make labour more comfortable, help with positioning, and give you more options for managing sensations during your birth.

Provided in partnership with the
Nelson Doula Collective

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I’m proud to offer in-person doula care in partnership with the Nelson Doula Collective, an amazing team of experienced, inclusive, and heart-centered doulas. This means you benefit from:

Built-in backup you can trust
A collaborative support team with shared values
Consistent, seamless care, even if birth takes unexpected turns
Deep community experience supporting local families

With a team behind you, you’re never without support - and you can feel confident knowing you have multiple knowledgeable doulas caring for your family.

What’s Included

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- 2 Prenatal Visits
- Personalized birth preparation, childbirth education & postpartum planning
- Emotional Support & mindset tools
- Mapping your birth preferences and preferred comfort techniques
- On-call from 37 weeks
- Continuous presence throughout your birth
- Hands-on comfort measures + positioning
- Advocacy support, communication guidance
- Emotional steadiness when things shift or feel intense
- Support for however you choose to birth; unmedicated, epidural, hypnobirthing, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)
- Debriefing your birth story
- Feeding support & early postpartum care
- Resources & referrals to local practitioners
- Included in all packages, with the option to add additional hours of support to suit your family’s unique needs

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Who This Is For

This offering may be a good fit if you:

You want warm, continuous, reassuring support during pregnancy and birth
You appreciate a team-based model with trusted backup
You value feeling informed, grounded, and emotionally supported
You’re looking for a calm, confident presence in the birthing space
You’re planning a home, or hospital birth in the Nelson, BC and surround area

Package Pricing

Our In-Person Birth Support Packages start at $1,200 and grow based on your unique needs. Payment plans are available, just ask 🤍

Many Canadian insurance plans and benefits providers offer partial or full coverage for doula services, often through Health Spending Accounts (HSAs), Wellness Accounts, or select extended health benefits. Coverage may be available through providers such as Sun Life Financial, Manulife, Canada Life, GreenShield, Pacific Blue Cross, TD Insurance, and Carrot Fertility, among others.

Because coverage varies by plan, we recommend checking directly with your plan administrator or benefits provider to confirm what doula support may be eligible for reimbursement.

Laine and the Nelson Doula Collective are approved providers under BC’s Doulas for Aboriginal Families Grant Program, meaning Birth Support services may be eligible at low-cost or no-cost. Please contact us for more information.