Birth DoulasFourth Trimester

Educational Guide · Metro Vancouver

About PostpartumDoulas

Postpartum doulas are your partners in navigating the beautiful yet challenging journey of early parenthood. I am here to nurture, hold space for, and empower you as you rest, heal, and bond with your new baby.

Flexible Support

Daytime vs. Nighttime Support

Daytime Care

Nourishment & Household Flow

My daytime support is more parent- and household-oriented, focusing on nourishing meals, infant feeding guidance, emotional holding, and helping you rest while caring for your baby.

Nighttime Care

Rest & Overnight Holding

My nighttime support is baby-oriented, prioritizing restorative sleep for parents. I handle overnight soothing, diaper changes, and feedings (or bring baby to you for nursing) so you wake rested.

Comprehensive Care Scope

My postpartum care includes:

Every shift is customized to your evolving daily needs, creating a calm, safe sanctuary for your growing family.

Part 01 · Mothering the Mother

Physical Restoration & Nourishment

Your healing is not a luxury — it is the cornerstone of early family wellbeing. We cocoon you with evidence-based physical care, soothing botanical treatments, and warming food medicine.

Herbal Perineal Care & Sitz Preparation

Herbal soaks, healing compress protocols, and comfort guidance for gentle tissue recovery.

Warming Postpartum Food & Restorative Teas

Postpartum soups, lactation-friendly teas, and replenishing snacks made to rebuild vital energy.

Sacred Birth Story Debriefing Space

Dedicated holding space to process your labour, emotional transition, and perinatal feelings.

Part 02 · The Fourth Trimester

Newborn Nurture & Feeding Ease

Build deep confidence in understanding your baby’s cues. Receive compassionate, evidence-based guidance for feeding, soothing, and babywearing in a calm environment.

Lactation & Feeding Support

Comprehensive latch checks, bottle pacing, and feeding position guidance without dogma.

Soothing Rhythms & Bathing Care

Gentle swaddling techniques, colic relief, circadian sleep guidance, and calm bath support.

Ergonomic Babywearing Instruction

Hands-free carrier fitting and newborn positioning for bonding while staying mobile.

Part 03 · Home Sanctuary & Sleep
Protected Rest & Household Rhythm

While you rest deeply, Katya tends to light nursery laundry, bottle sanitizing, dishware, and keeping your home peaceful, clean, and supported.

Uninterrupted NapsNursery TidyingOvernight Infant CareBottle Sanitization

Fourth Trimester Sanctuary

Ready to build your postpartum sanctuary?

I offer a complimentary 30-minute consultation so we can get to know each other, discuss your postpartum hopes, and craft the right schedule.