Ashley Brittain - Birth & Postpartum Doula

About Ashley

Hi! I’m Ashley. I’m a DONA Certified Birth Doula & Advanced VBAC Doula, Certified Lactation Counselor, owner of Saltwater Doula, and an educator and agency coordinator at the Relief Doula Agency based out of Relief Parenting Respite and Resource Center in Hampton, NH. I am also the lucky mom of two sweet and salty girls! I offer prenatal, birth, postpartum, and lactation services to families in Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter, Manchester and other areas throughout the seacoast and southern New Hampshire. I provide support for clients of all kinds. This includes clients who wish to go unmedicated or are planning on an epidural, those with scheduled c-sections or who are preparing for a VBAC. I am there for you whether you are planning to birth at a hospital, at home, or at a local birth center. As your birth doula, my goal is to support you (without bias or judgement) in any way you may need throughout your pregnancy, labor, and the delicate days of the 4th trimester. I’m so glad you’ve made your way here and are in search of doula support!

Birth & Postpartum Doula packages and pricing

Birth support

Two prenatal meetings
24/7 text and phone support
Attendance at the birth
A postpartum follow up visit

$1,500 USD · Flat rate

Birth + Postpartum

Everything in our birth support package plus a prenatal visit with the postpartum doula and 12 hours of in home care (7am-7pm)

$1,900 USD · Flat rate

What to expect

I am a birth doula, VBAC trained doula, and certified lactation counselor and breastfeeding educator. The agency I coordinate also has postpartum doulas, childbirth education, spinning babies parent education, prenatal and postpartum massage, placenta encapsulation, belly casting and binding, free passes to the support groups and baby and me classes at our parenting center.

Reviews for Ashley Brittain

5.0 1 review

5.0

October 30, 2023

There was no way to know ahead of time how medically complex my birth would end up being, and having Ashley on our team was a huge part of what made such a wild, chaotic, adventurous birth still somehow a wonderful one. It's hard to adequately express how much her support, grounding, kindness, humor, steadfastness, confidence, and care meant to our entire family. I earnestly would not want to experience birth without her. If you're expecting and thinking about getting a doula - DO IT!!! And if you're a NH local and you're looking for the best one around, your search is over because Ashley's it!

— Grady S.

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Certifications, training, and specialties

Certification and training

DONA International (2018)
Spinning Babies (2021)
Heathy Children Project CLC Training (2021)
The VBAC Link (2023)

Education

Bachelors of Science in Marketing (2011)

Languages

English

Credentials

CD (DONA) CLC CVD

Specialties

Advanced Maternal Age Babywearing Belly Binding Birth and Lactation Birth Assistant Birth Doula Birth Photographer Birth Support Birth Trauma Breastfeeding Assistance and Support Breastfeeding Consultation Breastfeeding Photography Breastfeeding Support Breech Birth Car Seats Installment Cesarean, Episiotomy and Scar Pain Childbirth Education Evidence-Based Care Exclusive Pumping/Bottle Feeding Health Coach High Risk and Low Intervention Obstetrical Care High-Risk Pregnancy Home Birth Infant Care Labor Doula Lactation Consultation Latch Issues Low Milk Supply/Over Supply Massage Therapist Maternal Fetal Positioning Mindfulness Multiples Natural Birth Natural Childbirth Newborn Care Newborn Prep Nipple and Breast Pain Nutritional Counseling Pelvic Pain Placenta Encapsulation Postpartum Care Postpartum Doula Care Preconception Pregnancy Complications Premature Infants Prenatal and Postpartum Massage Therapist Prenatal Care Prental Massage Practitioner Relaxation Techniques Reproductive and Parenting Sibling Preparation Support during Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Support in Pregnancy Loss Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Water birth