Services

  

The services that I offer are below. Each service is fine-tuned to offer mama, her partner, and any additional individuals with tools and resources to ensure a positive, purposeful, and profound birthing experience. I'm also trauma informed, and I'm interested in working with mamas that have had or are dealing with forms of trauma (socioeconomic nuances, environmental nuances, racial trauma, prior birth trauma, dating traumas, domestic violence, emotional trauma, etc.) Please email me at mahoganywaldon@gmail.com or call me at (917)687-7610 to being planning your doula experience today! 

Services 

• Virtual doula -

•  3 prenatal visits (to discuss birth plan, relaxation and support techniques, goal setting, nutritional support, preparation for birth, partner support)

• 1 visit to be available during birth to assist with coaching partner, offering faith-based support, labor positions, holistic pain relief, etc.

• 2 postpartum visits to go over mother and baby’s progress (offer emotional support through prayer, affirmations, goal setting, lactation support, holistic pain relief techniques)

• Labor doula (for natural and cesarean births)

• Support with creating birth plan

• Offers faith-based support during birth to include relaxation and calming techniques, labor positions, breathing techniques, affirmation techniques, holistic pain relief techniques 

• Postpartum doula

• 3 visits

• Offers emotional support (talking, meditation, prayer, journaling, affirmations and other techniques to support emotional wellbeing)

• Offers support with newborn care (assisting with baths, feedings, care while mother relaxes)

• Death doula
• Whether you have lost a child, pregnancy, or loved one, this service is offered to support women and families going through loss. This service includes emotional support techniques (prayer, worship, journaling, tapping techniques, grief support, etc.) and transitional services (where we honor the loved one through worship, remembrance and prayer). 

Additionally, I have the following credentials below.

Certifications 

 [In progress] NATIONAL BLACK DOULAS ASSOCIATION® - national accreditation 

[Completed] Becoming a Birth Doula -Alpha Academy (Alison)

Education 

 I have taken the following pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum-related courses, workshops and webinars. 

[Completed] The Baby Academy - Baby care class

[Completed] The Baby Academy - Breastfeeding preparation class

[Completed] Built to Birth - Mini Birth Class

[Completed] Hoag Health - Birth Class (1-5)

[Completed] TMC Health- Childbirth class (1-4)

[Completed] Miller Children's & Women's Hospital - Baby care basics class

[Completed] KOPA® Birth Prepared Class #1: A Foundation of Relaxation (fundamentals of a positive natural birth)

[Completed] Denise Curtis Doula Services - How to Be Fully Prepared for Birth Class