Services
At Shannon Fair Doula, my services are designed to provide holistic, trauma-informed, and culturally humble support throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Whether you’re seeking physical support, education, or emotional guidance, I’m here to help you feel empowered, informed, and deeply cared for every step of the way.
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All services are available in person or virtually.
Free Initial Consultation
Compatibility Consultation
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A free, no-obligation virtual consultation is your opportunity to ask questions, explore your options, and see how my support aligns with your needs. We’ll discuss your goals, concerns, and how I can best support you during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. This is a warm, pressure-free space to connect, ensuring you feel confident and informed in your next steps. If I am not the best fit, I would love to help connect you to the services and providers that are the best fit for you. My priority is that you have the support that you need throughout the perinatal journey.
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$0
Movement & Mindfulness for Pregnancy
Move, Breathe, Connect
Pregnancy is a constant conversation between your body and your mind, and sometimes what you need most is space to listen. This session offers gentle, mindful movement and body-based practices designed to help you release tension, connect with your changing body, and prepare for birth with more ease and confidence.
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$ 120
Trauma-Informed Birth Preparation
Healing First Approach
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Birth Preparation that starts where it matters most, with your story, your body, and your healing. This isn't about powering through or ignoring what's heavy. Together, we create space to honor your experiences, explore what feels safe, and build the tools you need to face birth feeling informed, supported, and grounded.
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We'll move at your pace, weaving in mindfulness, body-based practices, and practical education so you feel ready; not just for birth, but for the emotions and memories it may stir. You deserve a birth experience that centers your safety, your power, and your voice.
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Support can include:
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Exploring past experiences and fears that may impact birth.
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Identify possible triggers and creating a plan to reduce overwhelm
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mindfulness, grounding, and body-based tools.
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Comfort measures and coping techniques
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Partner support strategies and communication planning
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Birth preferences discussion with advocacy focus
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Building a support team that aligns with your needs
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Referrals for additional trauma-informed resources.
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This is your space to prepare, process, and step into birth feeling empowered and seen.​​
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$ 120
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Birth Support
Whole Person Support
Birth is a full-body, whole-person experience, and you deserve support that meets every layer of it. My birth support is designed to walk alongside you through labor, birth, and the early hours postpartum, offering steady compassionate care that centers safety, your voice, and your power.
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Together we'll create an environment that supports your body, your mind, and your emotional well-being. Whether you're at home, a birth center, or in the hospital, I'm there to hold space, offer guidance, and help you navigate whatever unfolds.
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This support includes:
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One private planning consultation to explore your birth preferences and build a plan that honors your needs.
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Continuous in-person support through labor, birth, and early postpartum
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Hands-on comfort measures, including massage, counterpressure, movement, and position changes
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Breathwork and mindfulness techniques to support coping and connection
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Aromatherapy, essential oils, and soothing touch to create a calming environment.
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Movement and body positioning to support labor progress and reduce discomfort
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Reminders to rest, hydrate, nourish, and listen to your body's cues
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Emotional support and encouragement for you and your partner/support team
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Advocacy support. Helping you navigate conversations, ask questions, and stay grounded in your choices
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Guidance with early postpartum recovery and initial feeding support (breast/chest, bottle, or combination feed)
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Space to process immediate emotions or reactions to your birth experience
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You don't have to do this alone. This is care designed to hold you; body, mind, and heart, as you move through one of life's most powerful transitions.
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​$ 800
Birth Processing & Trauma Support
Birth Story Processing
Birth leaves an imprint, whether it unfolded as you hoped or brought unexpected twists. This space is for you to revisit your birth story, unpack what lingers, and find healing in the retelling. Together, we'll explore the emotions, grief, pride, or questions that surfaced during birth and the early postpartum period.
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There's no pressure to frame your experience a certain way. This is about honoring your truth, finding meaning, and making space for healing. Your story deserves to be heard, held, and witnessed free from all judgment.
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$120
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Coaching
Holistic Coaching Support
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Sometimes what you need most is a guide, a steady presence to help navigate the overwhelm, reconnect with your power, and sort through the noise. My coaching sessions are designed to meet you wherever you are, whether that's preparing for birth, untangling postpartum emotions, navigating parenting, or just finding your footing in a season of change.
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Together, we'll explore your goals, fears, and hopes, weaving in mindfulness, body-based tools, and trauma-informed support. You set the pace. You choose the focus. I'll hold space, offer perspective, and help you find clarity and confidence in the choices ahead.
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This is your time to be seen, heard, and supported.
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$ 120
Postpartum Planning
Centered Support for What Comes Next​
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The early postpartum season is tender, raw, and transformative. It deserves just as much care and intention as birth itself. Together, we'll create a plan that centers your healing, your mental health, and your unique needs. Thriving in those first weeks is about more than just having diapers stocked.
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We'll explore what support looks like for your body, mind, and relationships, covering everything from rest, nutrition, and emotional care to feeding plans, boundaries, and building your village. This is your chance to think beyond survival and design a postpartum experience that truly supports you.
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Your care matters, let's plan for it.
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$120
Postpartum Recovery Support
​Healing First Approach
The postpartum season isn't just recovery, it's a complete shift in identity, relationships, and how you move through the world. This support is designed to walk through that transition, offering care that sees your whole self: body, mind, and heart.
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Whether you're navigating feeding challenges, processing your birth story, struggling with sleep deprivation, or simply needing someone to witness what this season really feels like. This is your space. Together, we'll check in on your healing, explore tools for emotional care, and create room for complex, messy beauty of this time.
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Support may include:
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Emotional check-ins and birth story processing.
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Feeding support (breast/chest, bottle, combination)
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Mindfulness, grounding, and body-based tools for overwhelm
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Partner or family support and guidance
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Navigating boundaries and relationship shifts
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Resource referrals for specialized care if needed
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Gentle movement or breathwork
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Reclaiming rest and nourishment
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You don't have to hold it all alone. This is care designed to hold you.
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$120
Village Building Consultation
​Building Your Support System
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We aren't designed to raise babies, navigate birth and postpartum, in isolation. This session is dedicated to helping you thoughtfully create the support system you deserve for pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum season. Together, we'll explore who's in your corner, what support truly looks like, and how to fill in the gaps so you feel held, not overwhelmed.
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This isn't just a checklist of names, it's an intentional conversation about what you need and who can show up for you in ways that align with your values, your healing, and your families' unmet needs.
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What we'll cover:
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Mapping your current support system (family, friends, professionals)
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Identifying strengths, gaps, and potential challenges in your village
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Exploring what practical, emotional, and physical support looks like for you
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Creating roles, boundaries, and expectations to protect your energy and healing
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Discussing community resources, support groups, and referrals that align with your needs
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Building a postpartum plan that includes care for your mental health and emotional well-being
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Planning for unexpected shifts, who steps in, what you need, and how to ask for it.
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Optional partner participation to ensure to both feel supported
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You don't have to wait to until you're in the thick of it to ask for help. Let's build your village now. One that sees you, supports you, and helps carry the load so you can heal, bond, and thrive.
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$120
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Partner Support Session
Centering the Needs of Partners
Partners carry so much—love, worry, hope, and often the pressure to be everything all at once. This session is a dedicated space just for you—the partner, the support person, the one walking alongside the birthing journey. Whether you're the non-carrying parent, the gestational parent, or someone stepping into this role.
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We'll carve out time to talk about what's on your mind. Your hopes, fears, and the parts of the journey you may not have voiced yet. Together, we'll explore how you can feel grounded, informed, and supported through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Not just as support, but as someone whose own experience matters deeply.
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What we'll cover:
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Your wants, needs, fears, and hopes for the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience
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Navigating role changes, expectation, and the emotional weight of becoming a parent
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Tools for supporting the birthing person and staying connected to your own experience
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Coping strategies for moments of fear, helplessness, or overwhelm
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Communication skills to strengthen connection and navigate stress as a team
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Discussing the emotional and mental load carried by partners (especially non-carrying parents)
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Preparing for postpartum realities and identifying your own support system
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Mindfulness, grounding, and practical tools for staying present
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Your role is powerful, and your feelings are valid. This session is your space to be seen, heard, and prepared for what's ahead.
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$ 120
Companion In Your Pocket
Virtual Support in Your Pocket
Some families choose to keep their birth space small and intimate, and that choice deserves to be honored. Companion in Your Pocket offers you the steady presence of a doula—available via FaceTime, Zoom, phone, or text, without being physically in the room.
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Whether you need a pep talk, reassurance, guidance on comfort measures, or help navigating a tough decision, I'm here when you need me. I will hold space from afar while you and your chosen team move through birth your way.
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One planning consultation to prepare for your birth, talk through your preferences, and create your support plan.
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On-call availability virtually throughout the entire labor, birth, and early postpartum.
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Real-time emotional support, encouragement, and coaching for you or your partner
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Guidance on comfort measures, movement, breathing, and labor positions
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Help navigating questions, advocacy moments, or unexpected changes in your birth plan
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Continued support into early postpartum (up to 2 hours after birth) for questions or reassurance
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You deserve support on your terms, in your space, with the confidence that someone has your back when you need it.
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$120
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Birth & Bereavement Support
Holding Space for Every Story
There are moments in this journey no one dreams of walking through, and yet, here you are. This support is for families navigating the unimaginable: the birth of a baby born asleep, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, IVF loss, or pregnancy loss at any stage.
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You deserve care, compassion, and someone who knows how to hold this kind of grief. Someone who can help you navigate the medical moments while honoring the emotional and spiritual weight of what you're experiencing. You don't have to do this alone.
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Services included:
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A planning session to prepare for the birth, explore your wishes, and create a space of care and intention
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In-person or virtual support during birth, hospital stay, or at home. I will be wherever you need me.
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Emotional support for you and your partner, including space to process, grieve and honor your baby
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Rituals, memory-making ideas, or support creating keepsakes if desired
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Mindfulness, grounding, and breathwork to stay connected in moments of overwhelm
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Resource referrals for grief counseling, support groups, or additional care
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Follow-up support after birth to continue processing and honoring your loss
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Every part of this experience matters; your grief, your love, your story. I am here to walk alongside you, holding space for whatever you carry
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$ 120