How We Help

At Willow River Doula Collective, we offer inclusive, trauma-informed, and compassionate support for every stage of your journey—through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Our doulas walk alongside you with personalized care tailored to your needs, including birth planning, continuous labour support, and thoughtful postpartum visits to help you rest, recover, and bond with your baby. We also offer inclusive childbirth education, sibling and pet care, placenta prints, and belly binding. Whether you're looking for emotional reassurance, hands-on newborn support, or practical household help, we’re here to be your village.

Childbirth
Education

Willow River offers childbirth education that is inclusive, informative, and applicable! While you’re going to learn A WHOLE LOT, this information comes with a focus on skill-building, and practical application. During classes, you’ll be asked questions that will help you identify your birth philosophy, and your unique needs during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. You’ll also build both your advocacy and comfort measures toolkits, and have time to both learn and practice physical skills with expert guidance from experienced doulas. Depending on what class you take, you’ll also learn basic babycare skills.

Class Types: 

Push Comes to Shove (name idea?) (Willow River: Birth Basics, Willow River: Birth Ready)

Express (mini) (Crash Course)

  • This two session class is perfect for folks in a rush, or who are looking for a refresher course

  • Focuses on: 

    • What to expect from labour and birth

    • Process of Labour

    • Stages of labour

    • Medical technologies

    • Building a birth plan

  • Comes with a FREE digital workbook

Willow River: Roots of Birth

Standard (six week)

  • Covers pregnancy, birth, postpartum

  • Comfort Measures

  • Inclusive Content

  • Planning tools: Birth, Postpartum, NICU, Wellness

Born this Way: Queer Birth Ed at Willow River (Rainbow Roots: Birth @ Willow River) (Willow River: Queer, Calm and Ready)

  • Exclusive for Queer and Trans folks

  • Taught by queer instructors

  • Six week class

  • Covers pregnancy, birth and postpartum

Other Services

Placenta Prints

Three watercolour prints of your placenta on large watercolour sheets 

  • Info on how to obtain and store placenta will be given 

  • Three prints will be available for pickup within 7 days of the retrieval of the placenta, keep all three or choose the one you like best 

  • Custom colours or tones can be requested but ultimately this is custom art and it is the artist that will complete the final look

Bellybinding

Postpartum belly binding to assist in recovery

  • Complimentary consultation to ask questions, and get to know each other before proceeding 

  • Belly binding helps with a number of things! Visit https://beginningsbirthcenter.com/the-benefits-of-belly-binding-after-birth/ to learn more. 

  • Cost includes the belly wrap, an essential oil roller made by Amy, and 1 teaching session (60 mins) 

  • Recommended to have a partner present who will do the binding 

  • Available for direction after teaching session via video and text to improve and answer questions 

  • Available for both vaginal and cesarean birthers 

Sibling Doula 

On call child care support while you are away having your baby! 

  • Complimentary consultation to ask questions, get to know each other before proceeding 

  • One (2 hour) visit with children prior to “on call period” to get to know each other 

  • On call beginning at 37 weeks, available 24 hours a day until contract is over 

  • Child care provided up to 48 hours, additional hours billed hourly 

  • Great for home birth or a hospital birth

In-home Pet Support

Pet support while you are off having your baby!

  • Complimentary consultation to ask questions, set expectations and get to know each other before proceeding 

  • One visit (1 hour) with the pets ahead of on call period to get to know each other within the presence of owners

  • On call begins at 37 weeks until 24 hours after being called in for care

  • In home care of your pets up to 24 hours, including but not limited to feeding, basic grooming, play time, walks, medication administration 

  • Additional hours beyond 24 hours will be billed separately, hours on site charged only