Postpartum Doula, Lactation Support, Group Support & Textile Design
Proudly Based in Brooklyn, New York City
Preparing Your Nest is a prenatal group designed to help you lighten the mental load before your baby arrives, so that when the time comes, you can focus on rest, recovery, and bonding with your little one. This program includes three live 1.5-hour Zoom sessions with a small group of 2-6 expectant parents and their support people, if desired.
Each session provides essential information on lactation and infant feeding, infant sleep and soothing, physical recovery, and postpartum mental health. Through guided reflection exercises, you'll begin building your own postpartum support team and self-care plan, ensuring that you are fully prepared for the journey ahead. These group sessions also offer a unique opportunity to connect with other expecting parents, fostering a supportive community where you can share experiences and learn from each other.
Topics Include:
Lactation Basics
Postpartum Recovery
Infant Physiological Sleep and Safer Sleep
Mental Health and How to Nurture Your New Parent Brain
Identifying and Organizing Your Support Team
Suggested Price: $75
Feb/March 2025
Friday Afternoons from 3-4:30pm
2/28
3/7
3/14
Led by Caitlin Dougherty and Sheyda Foroudi, NYC doulas and friends who bonded during their own postpartum journeys, this warm and inviting support group is designed for new birth parents seeking connection and understanding during the fourth trimester.
Each week, we’ll explore topics you are currently navigating including birth, postpartum wellness, baby care, relationship dynamics, and identity shifts. Together, we’ll create a safe space to share laughter, tears, and the realities of early parenthood.
Come find comfort, advice, and community on this wild ride we call postpartum.
This support group meets weekly for 6 weeks over Zoom.
Week 1: Getting to Know Each Other
Week 2: Postpartum Healing and Newborn Care
Week 3: Sleep Strategies for the Whole Family
Week 4: Navigating Roles and Relationships
Week 5: Identity Shifts in Parenthood
Week 6: Parenting as a Lifelong Journey
The ideal payment for this group is $100, which helps us maintain the sustainability of the support we offer. However, we understand that everyone’s situation is different, so please feel free to pay what you can. Please indicate in the intake form what amount you will be contributing.
Jan/Feb 2025
Wednesday Mornings 10-11:30am
1/15
1/22
1/29
2/5
2/12
2/19
Sheyda’s journey into doula work was influenced by the holistic and compassionate care she received from her own doulas and midwives during the birth of her first child. Their empowering support inspired her to bring her own sensitivity and creativity into this meaningful work. As a postpartum doula, Sheyda offers hands-on assistance with postpartum recovery, lactation and newborn care while also being a compassionate listener and advocate for her clients' well-being. She is passionate about new parents receiving the support they deserve during this precious time in the life cycle.
Caitlin’s decision to become a doula was many years in the making. As a child, she spent many years announcing to others that she wanted to help babies be born (perhaps foreshadowing for how she’d love to talk about birth to anyone and everyone as an adult). After attending several births in nursing school, and witnessing her best friend’s birth firsthand, she finally heeded the call and took her first birth doula training. Little did she know when she signed up for said training, she was expecting her first! Giving birth for the first time solidified for Caitlin that birthwork was her calling, and she hasn’t looked back since. She continues to practice as an RN, supports families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as a doula, and is an IBCLC in training. Caitlin’s devotion to caring for others is evident in all that she does, and holding space for new parents in the earliest, tenderest days of their journey is yet another extension of that. She is honored at the possibility to serve and witness others in this way.
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