Ildi

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  • Basic Birth Package: $4025

    • 2 prenatal sessions

    • Birth Support

    • 2 postpartum checkins

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

    Add-ons:

    • Daytime postpartum Visits at $65/hr

    • Min 3 hrs

    • 3 hr daytime postpartum visits at $65/hr

    • Min booking of 20 hrs

    • Cooking visits at $65/hr, 5 visits minimum

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

    • Birth and Postpartum Doula

    • Lactation Educator

    • Childbirth Educator

    • Certified Infant CPR

    • PMAD Training

    • VBAC

    • Single parents

    • LGBTQ families

    • Twins

    • Hypnobirthing

    • Preemies

    • Hypno families

    • Unmedicated birth

    • Home birth

    • High risk families

    • People with mood disorders

    • Meal Prep

Request to Meet Ildi

Ildi dedicates her services to support others through knowledge, care and compassion. As a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator, she supports individuals and families throughout pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum. She believes that everyone should receive evidence-based, unbiased information to be able to self-advocate and choose the care they desire for the best possible perinatal experience. She makes sure that your questions are answered, your concerns are alleviated and your pregnancy and birth are treasured for the rest of your life. No matter if it is your first pregnancy or fourth, she is devoted to making it as beautiful as possible.

When working with postpartum families Ildi focuses on practical tips and tricks, making sure the transition is as seamless as possible. She is a great listener and helps parents to process the birth experience with both the emotional and mental adjustments needed. As a newborn care and lactation educator, Ildi brings invaluable, evidence-based and real-world-experienced information to new families.

Having lived and worked in four different countries around the world, and with fluency in three languages, she has a unique appreciation of cultural and linguistic nuances.

  • "My partner and I had an invaluable experience with Ildi as our doula. I was looking for someone who was not only knowledgeable and comforting, but also practical and direct. Ildi brought all of that along with the levity we needed in the months leading up to my baby's birth, as well as during labor and delivery. Arriving at the hospital with Ildi was a huge relief as she was familiar with everything and able to ease our worries by answering our questions. With all of the nurses and doctors coming and going and the various beeps, cables and machines, having her there to tell us what was what and who, was so crucial in soothing our nerves. I ended up needing a cesarean and I was reassured knowing that I had done everything within my power to prepare for birth, which also meant not necessarily being able to control what it would look like. That preparation included having a doula by my side, and with Ildi there as a supportive figure it truly made all the difference in making my birthing experience a positive one."

    Opal

  • "They say hindsight is 20/20 and as I embarked on my pregnancy journey, I had no idea how invaluable one simple phone call could be. While I knew I would go the route of a hospital birth, I felt as though I wanted to expand my birthing team to include a doula. This being our first child, we didn't know what to expect and felt like having the added support would help us better advocate for the labor we wanted. I can say it was exactly what we needed and more. Never would I have imagined what an incredible asset Ildi would be when the big day finally arrived. While my pregnancy flew by without any hiccups, my intended natural unmedicated birth plan was met with considerable challenges. In the process of weighing my desires and the health of my child and myself, Ildi was instrumental in helping us make informed decisions during what became 42 hours of labor. Her gentle bedside manner calmed my fears, and her plethora of knowledge and experience allowed us to surrender to the moments with confidence. Chidbirth is such a vulnerable time for both partners and having Ildi as our doula was a gift to both myself and my husband. In the scariest of moments, she was a steady constant. Her dedication to our family from start to finish was beyond what I would have ever expected and for that I am forever thankful.'

    Bree

  • "Ildi was my birth doula, and she was beyond amazing!! This was my second birth, and it went so much more smoothly than my first. Ildi came to my house and did a full day of support while I was in labor, working me through different movements and exercises to keep things progressing. Although I had in mind an unmedicated birth, I wasn't sure I could do it. My first labor was 5 days long and ended in an epidural. Nothing wrong with that, I just wanted to see if I could do it without! There were many times when I doubted I could do it, but Ildi encouraged me and kept me going. Finally, at 8 p.m., when my water broke, I immediately felt the baby descend and an enormous desire to just push. Ildi saved me from having the baby right then and there. She had me do breathing exercises to keep the baby in. Once at the hospital, she wheeled me up to the labor and delivery floor, the baby was already crowning when we got to the delivery room, and he was out in one push! It was a truly amazing experience. All our experience both before and after the labor was fantastic. I highly recommend Ildi."

    Christina

  • "Ildi was a lifesaver in the first weeks with our first child. She helped with everything from lactation, to organizing all the baby gear in our kitchen, helping me finish our nursery set up, giving baby-wearing tips, making us delicious meals and sometimes just letting me get some (much needed) sleep when she was with us few mornings each week. Would highly recommend and absolutely use her again!"

    Caroline

  • "Ildi came in as our postpartum doula to help us out during the day. Ildi is one of a kind. So empathetic, kind, and helpful. As a first-time mom, I learned so much from her, and as a mom recovering from a c-section, I honestly don't know what I would have done without her incredible homemade recipes, emotional support, and ability to walk into our house and know exactly what we needed without us having to say a word. Thank you Ildi for making the fourth trimester SO much easier!"

    Jess