Marla's Family Care is here to help you embrace a positive transition into healthy parenting.
Mission
To provide compassionate, postpartum support that nurtures both new parents, particularly mom and newborn baby during the crucial early weeks after birth.
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Services are aimed to ensure new parents and others in the family, are guided during the transition of adding a new family member. The priority is thoughtful and careful monitoring and assistance during the postpartum period to establish an optimal beginning.
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The ultimate goal is to encourage a calm & supportive atmosphere that empowers families of all kinds - Mom & Dad, Mom & Mom, Dad & Dad, Just Mom, or Just Dad, promote and educate on newborn and family wellness, while creating a respectful environment that honors each family's unique postpartum journey.
Support Offered
Emotional & Mental Health
The postpartum period can be emotionally intense. Marla's Family Care offers compassionate, nonjudgmental support and a calm, grounding presence. Parents are supported, heard, and never alone while navigating their new roles.
Feeding Support
MFC supports all feeding choices: breastfeeding, pumping, formula feeding, or combination feeding—without judgment. Trained in basic lactation support, including positioning, latch troubleshooting, and pumping logistics, MFC is able to effectively collaborate with lactation consultants when specialized care is needed.
Newborn Care &
Parent Education
The focus is on helping parents understand their baby
rather than “fix” their baby. Support includes recognizing newborn cues, developmentally appropriate sleep guidance, soothing techniques, bathing, babywearing, and everyday newborn care, always with an emphasis on education and confidence building.
Scope of Services:
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Care of postpartum mother
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Newborn care and soothing
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Feeding support
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Parent education (swaddling, bathing, soothing)
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Emotional check-ins
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Light household support related to baby care
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Meal or snack preparation
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Sibling adjustment support (when appropriate)
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Pet integration (as needed)
Marla's Family Care does not provide medical care, deep cleaning, or tasks unrelated to postpartum support.
Our Approach
Communication & Fit
Marla's Family Care always values open and respectful communication. Regular check-ins are standard, and feedback is welcome at any time. It is important that this experience is a collaboration in postpartum care, if something isn't working lets discuss how to improve it.
Custom Methodology
As each snowflake is unique, so are you and your family. Each family unit works differently. The approach is an integration of your preferences and parenting choices. Your postpartum doula adapts support style to align with your values and household dynamics. The goal is to support your choices, not impose personal philosophy.
Empowering Families
Postpartum doula support is about holding space during one of life’s most vulnerable transitions. Successful support looks like parents feeling capable, supported, and informed—not dependent.
Your postpartum doula offers a compassionate, nonjudgmental support and a calm, grounding presence. With experience in recognizing signs of postpartum anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm your postpartum doula can gently encourage additional professional support and referrals when appropriate. Parents are supported, heard, and never alone.
Common Questions
What training or certifications do you have?
CAPPA trained/certified postpartum doula with formal education in newborn care, postpartum recovery, and emotional support for families. MFC places a value in ongoing continuing education to stay current with best practices in infant care, feeding, sleep, and maternal mental health. Additionally. Marla's Family Care maintains a current American Red Cross CPR certification for infant, child and adults.
How long have you been working with postpartum families?
Marla's Family Care has supported families for over 30 years, through a wide range of postpartum experiences, including first-time parents, planned and unplanned C-sections, NICU transitions, multiples, and families navigating postpartum anxiety. The need for a support community after birth is one that MFC is a happy consistent participant of, offering guidnace, care, and support to new families since starting the motherhood journey in 1983.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Marla's Family Care is covered by professional business/liability insurance that is required for all licensed doulas.
What does a typical shift look like?
There is no "typical" shift. Shifts are dictated by the specific and custom needs of your family. One family might be having their first child, while another is integrating a newborn into a family with children, or even how to have successful baby integration with a pet.
Some families might need overnight care, while others might need morning or evening support. We will talk, at length, about your family's unique needs during the consultation/intake. Shift services and support will be clearly laid out within your contract.
Is emotional and mental health support provided?
Absolutely! The postpartum period can be emotionally intense especially for experienced mothers and families. Your postpartum doula approaches your time together with compassion and no judgement - each journey is unique.
You can expect your postpartum doula to provide a calm, grounding presence, while listening deeply to mom's needs which can help normalize the wide range of emotions that can arise after birth.
While MFC does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions, your doula does know when to gently encourage additional professional support and can help families with trusted resources when needed.
What type of feeding support do you provide?
Whether you are breastfeeding, pumping, formula feeding, or a combination of methods, your postpartum doula's role is to help feeding feel more manageable and less stressful.
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Your postpartum doula has formal training in basic lactation support, including positioning, latch troubleshooting, and pumping logistics. When more specialized care is needed, you can expect effective collaboration with chosen lactation consultations and other professionals as needed.
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How you choose to feed your new baby is always honored and respected.
