Peace of Mind in Parenthood
Loving & Nourishing Postpartum Doula Care in Portland, OR
For as long as babies have been born, parents have been supported. The myth of the "strong, independent parent" leaves so many families overwhelmed, exhausted, & longing for reassurance. We are here to fill the gaps, anticipate your needs, & walk alongside you in the early months — so you can thrive, not just survive.
What to Expect
Before your baby arrives, we’ll plan your support together — from how many nights a week you want care to how your doula can best help your family rest and adjust.
Many families choose support on the first night home to help set a calm, confident rhythm.
Bespoke Packages
Regular doula support helps ensure you’re able to rest and show up as your best self. What that support looks like is entirely up to you. Many families choose 3 nights a week with a gentle taper, while others prefer occasional support each month or nightly care that gradually tapers over time. Your care team will include multiple doulas, providing steady support as you settle into this new season of parenting.
Setting Your Routine
Our overnight doulas are come for a minimum of 10 hour shifts, most often from 9pm - 7am. If you have multiple children, it can be helpful to arrive before bedtime, so your hands are free to be present for older children’s evening rituals.
Peaceful Presence
Re-imagining Postpartum Care
You’ll wake after a restful night of sleep to a full breakfast, an empty dishwasher, and fresh laundry. Our first priority is your new baby, followed by attending to the birthing parent, then providing care to the home at-large: meal prep and light cleaning while your family sleeps.
We do take breaks throughout our shift, so our doulas will need a quiet, comfortable space to rest.
Nurturing the Whole Family
Our work is not about taking over. It’s about helping you find your confidence, reclaim your rest, and trust yourself deeply as you navigate the early weeks & months of parenthood.
We believe in honoring this time by providing the steady, experienced presence that parents have always relied on.
All Packages Include:
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Overnight & In-Home Support
Get a full night’s sleep, knowing a trusted expert is caring for your baby through the night.
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Car Seat Installation
We’ll help with your car seat to make sure you’re ready to safely transport your new baby.
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Emotional & Mental Well-Being
Bringing home baby makes all things new. We're here to create a grounding baseline during a tender time.
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Personalized Sleep Coaching
When they’re ready, we’ll guide your baby toward restful, predictable sleep patterns.
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Lactation & Feeding Guidance
Whether breast, bottle, or both, we support your feeding journey. A fed baby is best!
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Household Support
Light home care, meal prep, and baby essentials to keep your home feeling like a sanctuary.
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Long-Term Support
We don’t disappear after a few weeks. We’re here to help you transition with confidence (even through sleep regressions).
You choose the
length of care.
How much support
do you need?
We recommend a minimum of 12 weeks
Enjoy consistent support through the 4th trimester. We know from experience that it takes about 12 weeks to find your footing & confidence in parenthood.
But can accomodate longer term contracts
Thrive with continued care as your baby grows, helping you build rhythms and confidence with ease. Consider a longer term if you have: a premie, twins or multiples, complex family dynamics, demanding work schedules, or medical considerations.
This is a name-your-time frame level of service.
We tend to be booked out 3-6 months in advance, so planning
ahead for your desired level of care is important!
Using Insurance & Employee Benefits for Postpartum Care
It’s possible to use insurance to cover care after your baby is born! We are able to take FSA & HSA payments or provide a superbill for reimbursement. We also work with employee benefit programs (Carrot & Maven).
Book a free consultation to discuss your options in more detail.
A La Carte Services
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Car Seat Installation
Book an appointment with a certified child passenger safety technician (CPST) to assist you in correctly installing a car seat or booster, go over common mistakes, trouble-shoot misconceptions, demonstrate techniques to achieve optimal fit every time, and give advice on when to make appropriate changes.
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Sleep Consultation
Your baby is a unique little being. It’s not a surprise if their individual sleep needs vary from the other babies in your life! Let’s hop on a call to address your questions, habits, and familial desires. You will get 1 hour of phone time with Camilla, a follow up email with resources, links, and helpful tips & tricks, and a 2 week check in.
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Placenta Encapsulation
Some families determine that consuming their placentas is the best way to access bioavailable hormones, minerals, and vitamins to encourage nourishment in the postpartum period. We’ll pick up the placenta from your birthing place, prepare encapsulation to your specifications (TCM or Raw), and deliver to your home.
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Placenta Donation
Placenta tissue can be used to train search dogs in tracking down missing people and finding human remains. This is an issue near and dear to my heart after tragically losing a close friend. If you plan to dispose of your placenta, consider donation as an alternative, and help families find their lost loved ones.
Here for gentle sleep training support?
Now that you’ve recovered from birth, let’s get that baby of yours sleeping through the night!
Frequently Asked & Answered
The Basics
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A postpartum doula provides hands-on support to families during the fourth trimester, focusing on newborn care, parental recovery, and household tasks that help ease the transition into life with a baby. This can include infant soothing techniques, sleep support, lactation assistance, meal prep, light household tasks, and emotional support for parents.
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Unlike a nanny or baby nurse, a postpartum doula’s role is to support the entire family during the newborn period. Rather than just caring for the baby, I focus on helping parents gain confidence, recover from birth, and establish sustainable systems that work for their household.
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Not at all! Every postpartum experience is different, whether it’s your first baby or your fourth. Some parents find they need more support with subsequent babies—especially when balancing the needs of older children. We work with all types of families, tailoring our care to each unique situation.
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Many families book during pregnancy to ensure they have support lined up for the early postpartum weeks. The ideal time to book support is 6 months in advance of your need. This ensures that your perfect scheduling needs can be accommodated. However, we also take last-minute bookings based on availability.
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Yes! Overnight care is our specialty. We help optimize sleep for both baby and parents—whether that means feeding support, newborn sleep strategies, or simply holding and soothing the baby so you can rest.
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Daytime support is ideal for hands-on guidance with newborn care, meal prep, and general family support. Overnight care is best for parents who need consolidated rest while a trained professional tends to the baby’s needs. Some families prefer a mix of both, depending on their unique situation.
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The fourth trimester refers to the first three months after birth—a time of immense physical recovery, emotional adjustment, and bonding for both parents and baby. It’s a crucial period where families need extra support as they heal, navigate feeding, establish sleep routines, and adjust to their new rhythm. A postpartum doula helps make this transition smoother and more restorative. Anticipating wanting more support beyond the fourth trimester? No worries! We provide doula care for the first postpartum year!
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That’s totally normal! Part of our role is to help assess what would be most helpful for you. We can start with a conversation about your goals and challenges, and we’ll tailor my care to fit your needs.
Services & Support
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I help families establish healthy sleep habits from the start, using gentle, developmentally appropriate strategies. While newborns wake frequently, I can guide you in creating rhythms and routines that promote better rest for everyone.
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Yes! I offer basic lactation support, helping with positioning, latch, milk supply concerns, and troubleshooting common breastfeeding challenges. For more complex cases, I can refer you to top-notch lactation consultants.
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Absolutely! We support all feeding choices, whether you’re breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, using formula, or a combination. We can help with paced bottle and responsive feeding, cleaning and preparing bottles, and ensuring a smooth feeding routine.
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Yes! We assist with light meal prep, simple household tasks (like laundry, dishes, and bottle cleaning), and creating a peaceful, organized space so you can focus on your baby.
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Absolutely! Postpartum care isn’t just for the birthing parent—it’s for the whole family. We provide guidance and reassurance to partners and caregivers, helping them feel more confident in their roles while ensuring the birthing parent gets the rest and recovery time they need.
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Your doula(s) provide emotional support and resources for families navigating postpartum mood disorders or birth trauma. Whether it’s active listening, practical recovery support, or referrals to specialists, we ensure you feel cared for and never alone in your healing process. For more specific questions, visit our ‘Specialized Support’ section.
Logistics & Booking
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It depends on your needs! Some families book just a few sessions for early support, while others prefer ongoing care for weeks or even months. We offer flexible scheduling to fit your family’s transition. Our minimum contract is for 12 weeks of postpartum visits.
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Yes! While in-person care is ideal, we offer virtual postpartum support, including sleep coaching, feeding guidance, and emotional support via video calls.
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We primarily serve families in the Portland Metro Area. This includes: Hillsboro, Tigard, Tualitain, Gresham, Sherwood, Milwaukie, Beaverton, Wilsonville, West Linn, and Lake Oswego. But depending on your location or travel needs we can create a service plan that gets you the support you need where you need it. If you are outside of our service area, let us refer you to another great doula option!
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You can use our booking link to schedule a free consultation. I’d love to learn more about your family’s needs and see how we can best support you! We’ll discuss your needs, support window, and how I can best care for your family. Many families book care during pregnancy to secure availability, but we take last-minute bookings if our schedule allows.
Care & Approach
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We follow a responsive, baby-led approach that honors each infant’s natural rhythms while also helping parents create gentle routines that support sleep, feeding, and overall well-being. Our goal is to help you feel confident and attuned to your baby’s needs.
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Yes! We have extensive experience with twins and triplets. We help parents establish sustainable feeding, sleep, and care systems that work for multiple babies while also ensuring parents get the rest they need.
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A postpartum doula supports the entire family, not just the birthing parent. We provide education, reassurance, and guidance to partners and siblings, helping everyone adjust to their new roles.
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While newborns wake frequently, I specialize in creating gentle sleep foundations that promote longer, more restful stretches over time. I provide sleep education, suggest age-appropriate routines, and support families in responding to their baby’s needs without rigid schedules or sleep training methods that feel misaligned with their parenting style.
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At Full Circle Baby we support all feeding choices—breast/chestfeeding, bottle-feeding, combination feeding, and formula feeding. Parents who are informed and confident in how they choose to nourish their baby tend to be the happiest! So our job is to set you and baby up for success however that may look! This might look like assisting with latch and milk supply concerns, paced bottle feeding, or finding a feeding system that works best for the whole family.
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Yes! We provide guidance on physical recovery, emotional well-being, and self-care. Whether you need support with cesarean healing, postpartum nutrition, or creating a realistic rest plan, we’re here to help.
Specialized Support
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We have experience working with babies with reflux, colic, tongue/lip ties, and other feeding difficulties. We can offer comfort techniques, feeding adjustments, and referrals if specialized care is needed.
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Yes! Welcoming a new baby is a big transition for older siblings. we can help introduce gentle ways to involve them, provide guidance on managing big feelings, and offer parents tips on balancing attention between children.
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Absolutely. Birth experiences can be overwhelming, and we lovingly hold space for parents to talk through their emotions in a safe, supportive way. If additional support is needed, we provide referrals to trauma-informed specialists.
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Postpartum emotions can be intense, and we hold space for families to process their experience while offering evidence-based resources. We help parents recognize signs of postpartum mood disorders (such as anxiety or depression) and connect them with professional support if needed. Our goal is to ensure parents feel heard, validated, and well-supported in this transformative stage.
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Yes! In fact, many parents who have had cesarean births or difficult recoveries benefit even more from postpartum doula support. We assist with physical recovery, help set up an environment that makes healing easier, and provide hands-on baby care so you can rest and recover.
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Yes! Our postpartum doulas support all types of families, including adoptive parents and parents welcoming a baby via surrogacy. We help with newborn care, bonding strategies, and setting up smooth transitions to ensure all parents feel confident and supported.
Sleep Training
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Yes! While formal sleep training typically begins around 16 weeks adjusted age, there’s a lot we can do now to lay the foundation for healthy sleep. At 12 weeks, your baby is starting to develop more predictable patterns. This is a great time to gently shape sleep habits, like practicing consistent wake windows, optimizing the sleep environment, and introducing soothing routines. Early support often leads to smoother transitions when your baby is ready for formal sleep training.
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Short stretches are common at 12 weeks, but we can gradually work toward longer sleep periods. Start by ensuring your baby is getting full feeds during the day and especially before bed. Keep nighttime interactions calm and quiet to reinforce the difference between day and night. Also, look at wake windows—overtired babies tend to wake more frequently.
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Self-soothing is a skill that builds over time. Right now, it’s about giving your baby the opportunity to try. If he stirs or fusses lightly, pause for a minute before intervening—sometimes babies can resettle on their own. You can also start helping him fall asleep in his sleep space rather than in your arms, even if you assist most of the way.
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It starts with consistency and small steps. At this age, independence means helping your baby feel secure in their sleep space and gradually reducing the amount of help you give to fall asleep. Day by day, you can shift from rocking or feeding to sleep to less involved methods—like gentle patting or shushing.
Experience Peaceful Postpartum
Let’s talk about what support looks like for you. Book a free consultation today and take the first step toward a postpartum experience rooted in deep nourishment.