Nurturing & inclusive Postpartum doula portland
As parents, you are not meant to do this alone.
Our postpartum doulas are here to walk alongside you.
Voted Best Postpartum Doulas in Portland, Oregon every year since 2017
& Winners of PDX Kids Magazine “Best Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Award” in 2023 & 2024.
Our professional postpartum doula team is here for you.
At Bridgetown Baby, we are passionate about working together with you to create a personalized postpartum care plan that fits your needs as a growing family. With the right amount of physical, emotional, and informational support for your family, you can fully rest, heal, bond with your baby, and start your parenting adventures with strength and confidence.
Bridgetown Baby affiliated postpartum doulas and lactation consultants are highly trained, certified, and fully vaccinated.
Now accepting Carrot benefits! To find out more, fill out our intake form.
Postpartum doula Portland pricing
Adding a new baby (or babies) can feel complicated. That’s why we keep our pricing simple.
Postpartum doula care is $60/hr for days & nights (including twins). Daytime visits are a minimum of 5 hours and our overnight visits are a minimum of 10. We require a minimum of 6 visits.
Travel fees may apply if travel is 15 miles or more from downtown Portland.
We have a sliding scale for families who need help accessing care.
Complimentary prenatal feeding consult with a purchase of 25 visits or more.
Monthly payment plans available.
Prices based on payments via ACH bank transfer. We charge a 3% fee for credit card payments.
We accept payment via FSAs and HSAs, and Carrot benefits.
A postpartum care registry can allow friends and family to contribute to the support you need as a new family.
“Armanthia saw our needs before I could find a way to fully explain them, then jumped in repeatedly to make sure they were taken care of. My body had the space it needed to begin healing because of her and she kept our home and children afloat. It was hard to see her go.”
—Lisa Marie W., second time mom, Vancouver, WA
How Postpartum doula care works
Schedule a 15 min inquiry call with our Family Care Team to talk through what doula care might look like for your family. We will answer all of your questions!
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Meet with Bridgetown Baby founder Merriah Fairchild for a 45 min complimentary virtual consultation to discuss your family’s postpartum goals and needs. Merriah and the Family Care Team will draft a personalized plan for your unique family.
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Meet your team! Our Family Care Team will match you with your doulas/IBCLCs and arrange a second meeting (in-home or virtual) to introduce you all and finalize your postpartum care plan. Then relax and enjoy a supported parenting journey!
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How our postpartum doulas meet your unique needs
Each family has a unique constellation of needs. We are committed to helping you build a personalized plan to best fit - and grow with - you as you navigate the first weeks after your baby’s birth and up to 12 months of age. Elements of a postpartum care plan may include: newborn care education; support to meet your feeding goals; sleep support; household management; emotional support; and referrals to other resources in your community.
Frequently asked questions about our postpartum doulas
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A postpartum doula provides a bridge of support as you grow into your new life by providing expertise, resources, and an extra set of hands so you can rest, bond with your new baby, and adjust to changing family dynamics. All of Bridgetown Baby’s doulas hold professional certification and are passionate about providing the highest quality care for families while expanding their training, critically examining their biases, and actively creating social change.
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In our modern world, the structures that have traditionally recognized and held newly postpartum families are fractured. Distance from family and friends often means that our support systems are less accessible - at just the time we need them the most.
Your rest and recovery in the early months with your new baby lay the foundation for a lifetime of connection and wellness.
Bridgetown Baby seamlessly combines the expertise of postpartum doulas and lactation consultants to provide your family with wrap-around postpartum care - so you can ease into your new life with strength and confidence. We support families through the postpartum year. -
Is sleep a priority of yours during the postpartum period? Research shows that families who get more regular sleep after childbirth heal faster, are more resilient, and are better able to thrive in the early postpartum period.
As your postpartum doulas, we can’t promise that you will sleep eight hours straight, but we can help you stay in bed and maximize your rest. Our nighttime doulas are often described as quiet, magical gnomes who lovingly care for your baby/babies while cleaning the kitchen, helping with laundry, and finishing with a hot, nutritious breakfast for you to wake up to - all while you sleep. -
Days with a new baby mean lots of snuggles but can also feel endless and lonely. They can be especially hard if you have older children to care for, as well.
Daytime doula support from Bridgetown Baby can start as soon after your baby’s/babies’ arrival as you’d like, and can help nurture the whole family in a variety of ways.
At the beginning of each visit, your doula will help you prioritize 2-4 goals for the visit. Examples include: a shower, a nap, help with feeding, cooking a pot of soup for dinner, giving the baby a bath together, and/or completing a couple of loads of laundry. We can also accomplish a lesson on babywearing, provide you with time to return a few phone calls, and/or set you up to take a sitz bath. Additionally, we can spend one-on-one time with the partner/papa/grandparent on bottle-feeding, swaddling, or simply answering newborn questions.
Daytime visits are typically 5 hours in duration, scheduled between 9am and 5pm. -
Complimentary weekly new parent support groups
Complimentary Newborn Care 101 Webinar with more than 10 visits
Complimentary prenatal feeding…
Exclusive discounts with local practitioners
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Yes! Our certified lactation consultants provide breast/ chest feeding support, help with bottle feeding & the transition to solids. Find our more about our lactation consultants here.
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Welcoming multiples, be that twins or more, into the world has it’s own set of joys & challenges. Our experienced doula team are here to support you.
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However you’ve chosen to build your family - through adoption, surrogacy or otherwise, Bridgetown baby doulas are here to support you with wraparound postpartum care. Book a free chat here to find out more.
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Becoming a parent, or adding to your family has it’s own unique set of experiences & it’s great to be able to share those with people that “get it”! Check out our family support groups & parenting classes to find your community!
Got more questions about our postpartum doula care & how we support portland families? Check out our full list of FAQs or click the button to book a call - we’d love to answer them for you!
“The first month of parenthood was a whirlwind, and I don't know how I would have done it without Rachel from Bridgetown. Every new parent deserves to be cared for like this.”
— Elizabeth J., first time mother, West Linn, OR