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Our Birth Doula services cover the Greater Toronto Area, including Aurora, Newmarket, the Kawarthas, Peterborough, Barrie, and Durham. We’re also now in Ottawa, supporting families from Orleans to Kanata.
A birth doula is your very own personalized birth coach. What does that mean? What do they do?
We cover the Greater Toronto Area, including Aurora, Newmarket, the Kawarthas, Peterborough, Barrie, and Durham. We’re also now in Ottawa, supporting families from Orleans to Kanata.
We don’t come with an agenda
A doula doesn’t replace your partner (if you have one)
We don’t speak for you, we do help facilitate communication though
A doula doesn’t do ANYTHING medical (but we’ll work alongside those who do as a team)
The support of a business that has been supporting clients for over two decades
Childbirth classes INCLUDED!
Back-up doula in the (rare) event that your doula is with another client
24/7 availability and support for urgent questions and labour
$1,749
Your Birth Doula Package includes:
A Doula is someone who has special experience and education to provide support in labour. While a partner may be your perfect emotional support, it’s quite unrealistic for them to remember everything they learned in childbirth classes or to remain unemotionally involved in the experience. A Doula is not there to replace your partner in any way. In fact, most support people will say that their Doula helped them become more involved in the birth experience by encouraging them to do things they wouldn’t have thought of.
Doulas should support your plans for pain management. It’s rare that you would be able to get an epidural as soon as you get to the hospital, and they don’t always work. You will always benefit from someone who can help reduce the pain you are actually perceiving, thus helping your labour to progress smoothly and quickly. Many doulas will also meet you at home and help you stay there in early labour to avoid being sent away from your hospital because you’re too “early”. Most women are worried about how they will cope, losing control, and just fearful in general. A doula can minimize all of those feelings during pregnancy and through labour.
It’s great that you’re feeling confident! A doula will help you remain confident through labor, and give you the extra support you may need if things don’t go as you hoped. Many confident women claim their doula gave them the extra support they needed, and was a constant throughout their labor.
My wife and I were in the middle of trying to navigate a colicky baby who didn’t want to sleep, and reached out to Discover Birth for support. We will always remember the first night after waking up from our first proper sleep in months and hearing that our doula Kylie was able to get our baby Alice to sleep well in her bassinet, something we had been struggling to do for weeks at that point. We are so grateful for her help, professionalism, and care throughout this process. – Ben & Lauren
Doulas and midwives commonly share a similar philosophy: patients should use informed decision-making strategies. A midwife’s role is very different from a doula’s however. Midwives have many medical responsibilities that are out of scope for a doula, freeing the doula up to focus on your needs and your partner’s needs. They work very well together.
A postpartum doula is a newborn and parenting expert. Are you looking for a postpartum doula in the GTA or Ottawa area? Want to learn more about what a doula does? We cover the Greater Toronto Area, including Aurora, Newmarket, Oakville, the Kawarthas, Peterborough, Barrie, and Oshawa. We’re also now in Ottawa, supporting families from Orleans to Kanata.
We don’t take over your role as a parent
Babysit (we’re there to teach you and give you an extra hand, but typically our clients are in the home at the same time as us)
We don’t do major housekeeping (washrooms or yard work)
You know that old saying about taking a village to raise a child? Well that’s us! We’re there to help you fill-in the gaps that your own mother/aunt/sister/neighbour would have filled for you a hundred years ago when we all lived in small communities. A doula will help you feel more confident as a new parent, so you’re ready to continue your journey after she leaves.
A properly trained postpartum doula, accredited by leading certification organizations
The support of a business that has been supporting clients for over 2 decades
Back-up doula in the (rare) event that your doula is sick
A doula that fits your family’s philosophy and shares the skills and personality that are a great fit for you!
Postpartum Doula Rates
Daytime shifts require a minimum booking of 4 hours, and overnight shifts require a minimum of 8 hours. You can tailor your doula’s schedule based on the number of visits per week that suit your family’s needs.
4–49 hours: $50/hour (+HST)
50+ hours: $46/hour (+HST)
Overnight care is offered at a flat rate of $365 per night (8-hour shift).
To secure your doula, a two-week retainer is required. You will be billed weekly until your retainer is applied—typically during the final two weeks of care. For short-term bookings, full payment is required in advance.
If you’d like to extend your doula support, please notify us as early as possible to ensure availability with your preferred doula.
We’ve been serving parents across the GTA since 2004! We’ve learned a thing or two in that time. Our newborn night support service covers the Greater Toronto Area, including Aurora, Newmarket, the Kawarthas, Peterborough, Barrie, and Oshawa. We’re also now in Ottawa, supporting families from Orleans to Kanata.
Overnight support is our most popular service because we ALL need our sleep! When a new parent is trying to recover from birth, it can be helpful to have someone come and take care of the baby so they can sleep.
Becoming a parent is tough
We all want what’s best for our babies
We can all do with less stress and anxiety
Many of us are afraid to ask for help
There’s no ONE way that works for everyone
We’ve used our years of experience (since 2004) and our AMAZING team here at Discover Birth to create newborn night support services that will help you in a way that’s right for you. We know that this might be new for you. And maybe you’re not sure if it’ll be worth your time and money. Well we ARE sure.
Our fee is $365/night. Save $10 per night if you prebook/prepay 30 or more nights. Overnight is considered childcare and you will be given a childcare receipt. There is also no HST on overnight support – bonus!
Our overnight newborn service is provided by mature and experienced postpartum doulas. This is the highest level of training and experience you can find for someone to take care of your new baby. We specialize in newborn care, behaviour, sleep, as well as the added bonus of specializing in breastfeeding/feeding support, and adaptation to parenthood.
We begin each night by discussing how the day went, helping a family by answering any baby care questions, feeding questions, and just touching base with how you’re feeling. We will then take care of your baby(ies) for the entire evening so you can get some sleep. Our shift typically runs from 10pm to 6am.
Of course! All the time. Many of our doulas are twin experts!
No! Of course not. Whether you need help for one night because you’re not feeling well or 3 months, we can help you.
Just call us or email us below to get things started. If you’re booking for several shifts, we can send you a couple of doulas to meet so you can pick the one that’s the best fit for your family. If it’s just for one or two nights, we’ll send you our best doula with availability!
Because this is our MOST popular service we encourage you to book in advance as much as possible so your dates are reserved.
Since birth is a profoundly intimate experience you need to find someone that you and your support person ‘click’ with. At Discover Birth you can rest assured you’re in good hands. Every doula on our team is professionally trained by a recognized certifying organization.
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“Dearest Kim, Just a little note to thank you for coming to the hospital to help me get through labour and delivery ‘au natural’. For me, it has truly been the most rewarding experience of my life. I’m so glad you decided to make the hike to Toronto and share in all the excitement.
When I was left alone to rest and supposedly get some ‘sleep’, and the contractions were getting worse and worse, I couldn’t resist thinking, ‘it doesn’t have to be like this’ – all I had to say was ‘give me something’ and it will all go away. But you turned it around for me. Even though my eyes were closed the whole time, and I must have looked like I wasn’t paying the least bit of attention to you – but I was, and I could hear and respond to your every word. I DID IT !!! I’m so proud of myself !! Thanks again Kim – it’s easy to see why you’ve decided to do this for a living.”
“Sarah McKee was our birth doula from Discover Birth. Words do not express how amazing and comforting she made our labour experience. Her professionalism and warmth are something to be strived by all. Thank you for all your kindness and insight you brought to our labour and delivery room.”
“I can’t speak highly enough about the Discover Birth team and our wonderful doulas Sarah McKee and Sarah Rioux! I 100% believe that if it were not for Sarah, we would not have had the positive birth experience we did. My husband and I loved working with Sarah McKee and Sarah Rioux, and if we decide to further expand our family we will definitely be reaching out to the both of them again!”
“Sarah has been so easy to contact and work with. We were always comfortable with her, we never felt judged for our choices or lack of knowledge in specific areas. We highly recommend her to anyone!”
“My husband and I welcomed our daughter in January 2022. As first time parents, we didn’t really know what we were in for — but enter Sarah McKee, our wonderful night doula, who helped us in literally every facet of the early newborn days and beyond. Sarah’s kindness, compassion
and great sense of humour helped put our new parent anxieties to rest and she quickly became part of our family; celebrating the great days with us but also our confidant on hard days. Sarah made those bleary-eyed months just that much easier and we will be eternally grateful for her help.”
“Thank you so much for all the help you gave us. First of all, we really enjoyed your classes and really learned a lot – you’re a great teacher. Most of all, thank you so much for being a fantastic doula – your support and coaching was invaluable – you really made this the greatest
experience of our lives. And finally, thanks for all your calming support, kind words and help after Gio’s birth. We really appreciated it!”
“We just wanted to say thank you. Your Lamaze® classes helped us greatly. Not only did we learn techniques to assist us in having a childbirth that we can honestly say was quite ‘stress and worry free’, but we also came away more knowledgeable about the entire pregnancy
and childbirth stages, which gave us more confidence when making decisions.”
“As first-time parents we were nervous and not sure what to expect. Alisa provided a comfortable and relaxed environment where we learned everything we needed to know to approach the birth of our baby with confidence. The anxiety I felt about giving birth was greatly
reduced and my husband felt better knowing what his role would be in the delivery room. We highly recommend this course.”
“We had an incredible experience with Discover Birth after the birth of our second baby. Sarah provided us with overnight support and to say we looked forward to her coming would be an understatement. She was so kind and caring, and took care of me and the baby.
She even baked! I cannot recommend Sarah, and Discover Birth, highly enough.”
“Adam and I want you to know how much we appreciate your hard work and thoughtfulness during our journey. It made our experience special and comfortable. Thank you for everything”
“Nikita was is an amazing doula. She helped us get through the first 3 months with our first daughter. She is an incredibly knowledgeable, educated and enthusiastic doula. Her passion for supporting babies and mothers is immense. My husband and I always looked forward to evenings with her. She allowed us to relax and rest while she took great care of our little girl at bedtime.
As a new mom I knew nothing! She taught me how to swaddle, put a baby to sleep, manage their gas pains, learn baby cues, how to take care of myself and helped me to breastfeed which was very important to us. I had an unplanned C- section and having someone with me at night helped me heal. She brought the baby to me to feed and changed diapers and put the baby to sleep allowing me to get the rest I needed without getting out of bed. She even brought me healthy snacks! We completely trust Nikita with our baby girl and to top it off our dog loved her too. Will definitely ask for Nikita for the second kid! I’ll miss her very much!”
“Thank you so much for the wonderful instruction on Lamaze. It really helped Walter and I with an easy, medication free birth for our son.”
“Kim, Thank you for all of your advice and expertise. You helped Mommy and Daddy make my ‘World Debut’ much easier than expected !!”
“My birth experience was so fantastic thanks to Stefanie’s Lamaze classes. I can’t imagine what it would have been like had Bill and I not been so prepared. I never thought I could do it without drugs – but I did !!. Thanks again Stef !!”
“Thank you for being a fabulous instructor. We both really appreciate your depth of knowledge and sense of humour. Your ability to deliver your material with both candor and sensitivity is wonderful!”
“Thanks so much for your time and enthusiasm ! the more classes we attended, the more confident we felt in our decisions…you should have heard us trying to teach our friends ! Thanks again.”
“Dearest Kim, Just a little note to thank you for coming to the hospital to help me get through labour and delivery ‘au natural’. For me, it has truly been the most rewarding experience of my life. I’m so glad you decided to make the hike to Toronto and share in all the excitement.
When I was left alone to rest and supposedly get some ‘sleep’, and the contractions were getting worse and worse, I couldn’t resist thinking, ‘it doesn’t have to be like this’ – all I had to say was ‘give me something’ and it will all go away. But you turned it around for me. Even though my eyes were closed the whole time, and I must have looked like I wasn’t paying the least bit of attention to you – but I was, and I could hear and respond to your every word. I DID IT !!! I’m so proud of myself !! Thanks again Kim – it’s easy to see why you’ve decided to do this for a living.”
“Sarah McKee was our birth doula from Discover Birth. Words do not express how amazing and comforting she made our labour experience. Her professionalism and warmth are something to be strived by all. Thank you for all your kindness and insight you brought to our labour and delivery room.”
“I can’t speak highly enough about the Discover Birth team and our wonderful doulas Sarah McKee and Sarah Rioux! I 100% believe that if it were not for Sarah, we would not have had the positive birth experience we did. My husband and I loved working with Sarah McKee and Sarah Rioux, and if we decide to further expand our family we will definitely be reaching out to the both of them again!”
“Sarah has been so easy to contact and work with. We were always comfortable with her, we never felt judged for our choices or lack of knowledge in specific areas. We highly recommend her to anyone!”
“My husband and I welcomed our daughter in January 2022. As first time parents, we didn’t really know what we were in for — but enter Sarah McKee, our wonderful night doula, who helped us in literally every facet of the early newborn days and beyond. Sarah’s kindness, compassion
and great sense of humour helped put our new parent anxieties to rest and she quickly became part of our family; celebrating the great days with us but also our confidant on hard days. Sarah made those bleary-eyed months just that much easier and we will be eternally grateful for her help.”
“Thank you so much for all the help you gave us. First of all, we really enjoyed your classes and really learned a lot – you’re a great teacher. Most of all, thank you so much for being a fantastic doula – your support and coaching was invaluable – you really made this the greatest
experience of our lives. And finally, thanks for all your calming support, kind words and help after Gio’s birth. We really appreciated it!”
“We just wanted to say thank you. Your Lamaze® classes helped us greatly. Not only did we learn techniques to assist us in having a childbirth that we can honestly say was quite ‘stress and worry free’, but we also came away more knowledgeable about the entire pregnancy
and childbirth stages, which gave us more confidence when making decisions.”
“As first-time parents we were nervous and not sure what to expect. Alisa provided a comfortable and relaxed environment where we learned everything we needed to know to approach the birth of our baby with confidence. The anxiety I felt about giving birth was greatly
reduced and my husband felt better knowing what his role would be in the delivery room. We highly recommend this course.”
“We had an incredible experience with Discover Birth after the birth of our second baby. Sarah provided us with overnight support and to say we looked forward to her coming would be an understatement. She was so kind and caring, and took care of me and the baby.
She even baked! I cannot recommend Sarah, and Discover Birth, highly enough.”
“Adam and I want you to know how much we appreciate your hard work and thoughtfulness during our journey. It made our experience special and comfortable. Thank you for everything”
“Nikita was is an amazing doula. She helped us get through the first 3 months with our first daughter. She is an incredibly knowledgeable, educated and enthusiastic doula. Her passion for supporting babies and mothers is immense. My husband and I always looked forward to evenings with her. She allowed us to relax and rest while she took great care of our little girl at bedtime.
As a new mom I knew nothing! She taught me how to swaddle, put a baby to sleep, manage their gas pains, learn baby cues, how to take care of myself and helped me to breastfeed which was very important to us. I had an unplanned C- section and having someone with me at night helped me heal. She brought the baby to me to feed and changed diapers and put the baby to sleep allowing me to get the rest I needed without getting out of bed. She even brought me healthy snacks! We completely trust Nikita with our baby girl and to top it off our dog loved her too. Will definitely ask for Nikita for the second kid! I’ll miss her very much!”
“Thank you so much for the wonderful instruction on Lamaze. It really helped Walter and I with an easy, medication free birth for our son.”
“Kim, Thank you for all of your advice and expertise. You helped Mommy and Daddy make my ‘World Debut’ much easier than expected !!”
“My birth experience was so fantastic thanks to Stefanie’s Lamaze classes. I can’t imagine what it would have been like had Bill and I not been so prepared. I never thought I could do it without drugs – but I did !!. Thanks again Stef !!”
“Thank you for being a fabulous instructor. We both really appreciate your depth of knowledge and sense of humour. Your ability to deliver your material with both candor and sensitivity is wonderful!”
“Thanks so much for your time and enthusiasm ! the more classes we attended, the more confident we felt in our decisions…you should have heard us trying to teach our friends ! Thanks again.”
