Your doula team is excited to support you as you prepare for birth and welcome your baby.
Your next steps are: Register for your classes and schedule your prenatal meetings.
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Build a shared understanding of labor, birth, and your support team's role.
Prepare for conversations about your options and preferences with your care team.
Explore comfort techniques and ways your partner can support you during labor.
Make space for the everyday questions that come with welcoming a baby.
Prepare for feeding conversations and identify the support you may want after birth.
Two meetings · About one hour each · Red Bank office
Our first prenatal meeting is an opportunity to get to know each other, answer your questions, hear how your midwife or OB-GYN appointments have been going, and make sure you have registered for all our classes.
When to schedule: Schedule Prenatal 1 between 22–30 weeks of pregnancy.
Meetings last about one hour and are held at our Red Bank office.
Schedule Prenatal 1This is our second of two prenatal meetings. We will focus on reviewing your birth plan together. It is important that your partner is also present.
When to schedule: Schedule Prenatal 2 between 32–36 weeks of pregnancy. Allow time to complete your Birth Planning Workbook and draft your birth plan before the meeting.
Before your meeting: Complete your Birth Planning Workbook and email it to us. Create a tentative birth plan for us to review together.
Meetings last about one hour and are held at our Red Bank office.
Schedule Prenatal 2Complete both forms and draft a tentative birth plan before our meeting. Tap + to open each form.
Write openly about your hopes, questions, and preferences. You may skip any question or discuss it privately at your meeting. Reflection answers are for your conversation with your doula; they do not all need to go into your birth plan.
Sign in to save your answers privately and return to them later. You can download a PDF to email before your meeting. Email your completed workbook to philomenabirth@gmail.com before Prenatal 2.
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Sign in to save your workbookAs your doulas, it is our honor to support you during your birth. This worksheet helps us understand your preferences and the support you and your partner would like. Describe which options appeal to you and which do not; you may skip any question.
Sign in to save your answers privately. Download your completed PDF and email it to philomenabirth@gmail.com before your meeting.
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Recommendations from our welcome packet for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
119 Maple Ave · Basement Suite
Red Bank, New Jersey
Enter through the side door under the carport and go down the stairs. There is plenty of parking in the lot behind the building and free on-street parking.
If you have trouble finding us or are going to arrive late, please call Mary.
Call Mary: 201.245.8023