Your birth, your story.
BirthBuds offers supportive and objective birth doula services to enhance your experience.
Because you deserve to feel empowered by your birth story.
Pregnancy, birth and postpartum
Servicing Denver, Littleton, Parker, Aurora, Golden, Louisville, and surrounding areas
Personalized and unbiased support for your unique motherhood journey
Evidence-based information and advocacy to empower your choices
Unobtrusive and encouraging presence in labor and delivery
Offering strength when you are depleted, confidence when you are in doubt, and calm when you feel anxious
Postpartum nourishment and recovery support
As your doula
I believe
- Our relationship is a friendship, not a transaction. I’m here to be your birth bud :)
- Information empowers
- Data is helpful, but not at the expense of gut feeling
- A fulfilling birth experience can look and feel a million different ways. Your story can and should fill you with joy.
I will be
- Your sounding board
- An index of unbiased information
- An advocate for your choices
- A source of strength when yours wavers
Photo credit: Haley McNabb Soul Baby Birthing
Hiring a birth doula completely transformed my birth experience, so much so that I became a doula myself. I want to pay it forward in service to you, particularly if you are feeling any combination of joy, love, anxiety, overwhelm, self-doubt, and total awe - all valid feelings!
My promise is to be a constant and unbiased support throughout your pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum journey. I’m here to encourage your story.
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You feel safe having trained, trusted and uninterrupted support from beginning to end.
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You feel empowered by information. The more you know, the better.
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You or your partner feel anxiety, overwhelm, or fear about birth.
Reasons to hire a birth doula
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You are healing from previous birth trauma.
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You want an advocate because you know the stats.
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You hope you feel joy and satisfaction in your birth story, no matter how you birth.
Hiring a doula can transform your birth experience
By the numbers
15%
increase
in spontaneous vaginal delivery
50%
decrease
in medical interventions
39%
decrease
in cesareans
30%
increase
in birth satisfaction
Doula Myths
Dispelled
Midwives and doulas are not the same!
Midwives, like OBs, deliver babies. Doulas offer moms and partners physical, emotional, and mental support beginning in pregnancy through early postpartum. A doula is also the only person on your care team that offers continuous support from the onset of labor through early postpartum.
A doula will not replace your partner.
A doula is as much a guide to the partner as to the birthing person, offering suggestions on how to engage with you in ways that make you feel comfortable, supported, and empowered.
Doulas are not exclusive to unmedicated home births.
This is an unfortunate misconception. Statistically, doulas improve birth outcomes - and especially birth satisfaction - across all types of birth. We are equipped to offer comfort measures, advocacy, and support no matter how you deliver your baby.
Service Offerings
Servicing Denver, Littleton, Parker, Aurora, Golden, Louisville, and surrounding areas
Prenatal Support
$100
- Two one-hour virtual sessions covering what to expect in labor and postpartum, labor support techniques, and an opportunity for you to ask questions
- Follow up email summarizing our call and including helpful resources
This is a great option if you are hesitant to hire a doula or do not have the budget. If you choose to hire me as your birth doula after our meetings, the cost of this service is applied to the birth doula service.
Birth Doula
$1,100
- Three prenatal meetings - 1 virtual, 2 in person
- On-demand text support throughout pregnancy (business hours only)
- 24/7 on call period 2 weeks before due date until 2 weeks after due date
- Uninterrupted support from labor through early postpartum
- 1 postpartum visit including your choice of postpartum nourishment
Nourishing Postpartum
$200
- Two meals (~4 servings per meal) and one snack
OR
- Four nutrient dense snacks and one herbal tea blend
- All ingredients are organic and high quality
- We will work together to create a menu
- Delivery is free
**Please still get in touch if cost is a barrier. I offer a limited sliding scale and payment plans.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a doula worth the expense?
The truth is - it depends. I suggest you schedule a discovery call with me if you are on the fence or trying to figure out where your money will be best spent.
There is absolutely zero obligation or expectation for you to work with me. I am happy to talk through your unique situation because I truly want you to find the most beneficial support for your birth and postpartum experience.
Do I really need a
doula?
No, you are absolutely capable of birthing alone. But just because you can doesn’t mean you have to.
Doulas lower rates of medical interventions by 50%, lower incidence of cesarean by 39%, and improve overall birth satisfaction by 30%. Doulas are also the only continuous presence throughout your labor, there to make you feel supported, cared for, and offering strength when you are depleted.
Am I too late to hire
a doula?
If the baby hasn’t arrived, it isn’t too late to engage with a birth doula.
I am confident I can offer effective labor support if we connect and the relationship feels natural.
If I am fully booked, I would be happy to put you in touch with other doula resources to find the right fit for you.
Hi! I’m Libby,
mom of two and birth doula. I spent a decade working in healthcare operations, first at a humanitarian aid nonprofit before transitioning to health tech after business school. Neither industry felt totally right for me.
Then I had my first baby and lost my dad. Those transformative events inspired me to live my life with purpose and intention.
I see birth as an opportunity and a lesson in releasing control, accepting discomfort, and learning love. It’s a microcosm of life and a privilege for me to bring into my everyday.
As your doula, I won’t make false promises. With or without a doula, birth can be unpredictable. What I will promise is that the more you know about pregnancy, birth and postpartum, the more confident you will feel in your decision-making and the greater peace you will find knowing your birth may not follow your perfect plan. As your advocate, guide, and encouraging presence, my goal is to create a safe space for you to experience your beautiful birth story.
When I’m not at a birth or studying the latest in birth, I am cooking for my family (my love language), getting outside with my kids (where everyone is their most sane self), and attempting to grow a vegetable garden (send help).
I hope you’ll get in touch!
Work with me
Location
Denver-based
Also servicing Littleton, Parker, Aurora, Golden, Louisville, and surrounding areas
Website
www.birthbuds.com
birthbudsllc@gmail.com
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