Laurynn Howard

Verified
Birth & Postpartum Doula
Charlotte, North Carolina
5.0
About me

Hello and welcome! My name is Laurynn Howard. I am a birthkeeper serving families in Charlotte, NC and surrounding areas. I offer antenatal support through various services including birth and postpartum doula, birth planning, lactation support, and placenta encapsulation. I am happily married to my other half, Colin, and have a sweet daughter, Olive, born at Natural Beginnings Birth Center in Statesville on April 30th, 2023. The birth of my daughter opened doors in my soul that I didn’t know existed, and in response, I have developed an extreme passion for helping women and their families feel empowered, safe, and nurtured during birth. Whether you have had previous birth trauma, you want to achieve your first homebirth, or you want to birth in the hospital, my goal is to have you leaving your experience feeling powerful, happy, accomplished, and that you had a voice that was heard and respected by your provider. I want to set you and your partner up with the tools to take charge of — and ENJOY — your birth as well as provide a space in which you feel the most loved and comfortable to welcome your newest blessing to the world. I’m beyond excited to connect with you, hear your story, and find out more about your desires for your birth!

Certification and training

Birth Doula Certification (2023)

Credentials
CBD
Specialties
Babywearing Birth and Lactation Birth Doula Birth Support Breastfeeding Assistance and Support Breastfeeding Support Building Healthy Communication Childbirth Education Childhood Growth and Development Evidence-Based Care Family Planning Freebirth Herbal Postpartum Care Home Birth Hypnobirthing Method Keeping Fit Labor Doula Lactation Consultation Latch Issues Low Milk Supply/Over Supply Mental Health Mindfulness Natural Birth Natural Childbirth Nipple and Breast Pain Pain Management Parenting Support Placenta Encapsulation Positive Thinking Postpartum Care Postpartum Doula Care Relaxation Techniques Returning to work (pumping, breastmilk storage, etc) Spirituality Stress Management Support during Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Support in Pregnancy Loss Water birth
Languages

English

Service introduction

I offer holistic birth doula, sibling doula, postpartum doula, and online birth planning packages as well as placenta encapsulation and a la carte services (pre-natal appointments, belly massage, etc) for a personalized experience.

Packages
The Holistic Birth Doula Package
*sliding scale pricing available This package is great for moms going through their first pregnancy or first natural birth. -Consultation -1-4 prenatal visits (1-2hrs) nutrition and exercise, dream birth, physiologic birth, postpartum and breastfeeding includes belly massage and guided meditation with each prenatal -Open-invitation to all monthly group prenatals at the doula’s home (for freebirth, homebirth, and birth center births) -Unlimited phone, text and email support -24/7 on-call availability beginning at 38wks -Availability to attend your midwifery appointments (to build trust with your birth team and advocate better) -Early labor home-visit (1hour) -Presence and support during labor and birth (massage, breathing your baby out, reducing tearing, guided meditations) -1-2 hours of immediate postpartum support -Amateur photography + birth video -Birth room ambiance (himalayan salt lamp, essential oil diffuser, blood orange mist, arnica massage oil) -Hand written birth story -Gift basket with my favorite postpartum goodies -2 postpartum visits (2-3hrs) -2 homemade nourishing meals As your birth doula, my top priority is to support you and your choices for your desired birth. I offer a variety of birth support throughout pregnancy and postpartum including holistic treatment options to combat common complications, information and hands-on demonstrations of different pain relief techniques, troubleshooting lactation complications, and so much more. I will be dedicated to the care of not only you, but your partner as well as you traverse this uncharted territory together during labor.
$1,850.00
USD Flat rate
Holistic Sibling Doula
Share your birth experience with your children ​ I am an experienced CPR & First Aid certified nanny with 8+ years under my belt helping children of all ages and developmental stages. My desire with this role is to give the mother time to relax and fall into her birthing rhythm while having an extra set of hands to care for her children during her birth. -Pre-birth visit to meet your children and learn about your birth preferences -Doula attendance to your midwifery appointments to build trust with your birth team and family -Childcare during birth -Postpartum visit to debrief birth -CPR and first aid certified
$600.00
USD Flat rate
Holistic Postpartum Doula
Receive the kind of care during your first 3 months postpartum that every mother deserves. Fill your cup as you bond and breastfeed knowing that you and your family are taken care of with emotional support, nourishing foods, light housekeeping and baby care. Laurynn offers a European style of postpartum care teaching you how to thrive in your everyday life without falling into a cycle of adapting to your baby’s schedule. She shows mothers how to live life with a baby as 2nd nature and as a normal addition to your life, encouraging baby to adapt to your lifestyle and helping you to thrive in daily outtings as a new mom or ease the transition of another child. *This schedule was inspired by the Netherlands which has some of the best maternity and postpartum care in the world. ​ -Pre-birth home visit: to meet your family and prepare for your postpartum dreams (all scheduling will be taken care of before your birth so that you do not have to be on your phone planning visits postpartum. You can sleep and your doula will take care of the rest, stopping by to check in on you here and there) -Weeks 1-2 Postpartum: 10 days (4hrs each) of care, offering cooking, laundry, changing bed sheets, belly, foot or head massages, cleaning up from a homebirth, caring for your baby while you take a bath or eat, holding the baby in the early hours while you balance your husband’s work schedule, breastfeeding support, taking care of your family, birth debrief, cooking, making comfrey tea for perineal rinses to help heal any soreness) or tearing after birth, vaccuming, watching over older children, drawing baths/sitz baths and brewing batches of herbal tea -Weeks 3-12 Postpartum: 2 visits a week (6 hours each), includes meal prepping of 5 lunches for you to eat through the week, 2 breastfeeding snacks and a soup or dinner of your choice. One outting a week helping to normalize life with a newborn (going out for coffee, having an extra set of hands going to the park, whitewater center, rock climbing, farmers market or other events)
$5,920.00
USD Flat rate
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Ratings and reviews
Average
5.0
# of Reviews
2
5.0

My experience with Laurynn Howard as a doula was amazing! She's very versatile and will help elevate and make any experience you choose to take perfect. She's open and non judgmental towards how you want your birth experience to be natural, medicated, home birth, hospital, etc. She will be there for you and help you through it all even after the birth! She’s very worth it for her pricing. She's very dedicated and enjoys helping people bring precious babies into the world. Absolutely love and recommend her as a doula for any mommy to be she's amazing!

- savannah g.

5.0

Gosh what to even say about Laurynn…. She is truly a God send. She is everything and more you could ever ask for in a doula and FRIEND. Not only is she meant for this work but she becomes that friend you have prayed for your whole life. She will always be there when you need her. She is so passionate for this work and was truly born to support and educate in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. The birth community became a better place when Laurynn joined! You need her for your journey to parenthood!

- Kendall F.

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