Rafiqa Locke - Birth & Postpartum Doula

About Rafiqa

I’m Rafiqa from Atlanta. I’m committed to showing up to support, to hold space, to build community and connection. Rafiqa means tender hearted, kind, compassionate, companion. This is what I intend to bring by creating safe, soothing, in some ways healing spaces and choices around pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and mother/parent-hood by walking alongside Black and Brown families in Atlanta and the surrounding areas. I support your choices, your body, your labor and your partner. I will hold your space, your hand, and your confidentiality. I trust you, your baby, your body, your partner, and your journey. I’m a Black mom of four, which has further influenced my fervor for the care and support all birthing and postpartum families receive during the major and beautiful transition that pregnancy and after bring. My trainings include birth doula (Mama Glow), postpartum doula (Birthing Advocacy Doula Training), prenatal yoga (Yoga Renew), Afro and Indigenous placenta traditions (Bibi + Ni), and Grandma’s Hands Pregnancy and Postpartum Herbs and Nutrition in the Southern Tradition. Let’s journey together to ensure that you and your family feel empowered, educated, and supported in the personal and unique ways that suit who you are and what you desire.

Birth & Postpartum Doula packages and pricing

Birth/Early Postpartum In Person

- Complimentary 1st meeting to determine if we are a good match (virtual) - Minimum 3 prenatal in-person doula visits, lasting 1.5 hours long for me to learn how I may best serve you during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum - Email, telephone, and text support and advice throughout pregnancy and postpartum - Breastfeeding preparation, information, and support - Assistance with developing birth preferences and postpartum plan - On call availability for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week starts at week 37 of your pregnancy - Emotional and informational support at the onset of labor - Continuous support beginning with active labor, with a regular pattern of contractions around 7 minutes apart through immediate postpartum period - Birth ball and other tools for use during labor - First hour postpartum in the hospital, birth center, or home to make sure you and baby are comfortable and feeding has been established - Minimum of 3 postpartum visits lasting 1.5 hours for processing the labor experience, providing breastfeeding support, emotional and informational support, and providing postpartum comfort measures - Birth Story (written record of the entire labor and birth)

$850 USD · Flat rate

Hybrid Birth/Early Postpartum

- Complimentary 1st meeting to determine if we are a good match (virtual) - Minimum of 1 in person prenatal visit (for exercise techniques, comfort measures, etc) - Minimum 1-2 in person postpartum visits for processing labor and birth, provide postpartum comfort measures, assistance with newborn care - Minimum 2 virtual prenatal sessions for planning/ preference and education - Continuous support via phone, email, text during pregnancy from 10 am-6pm EST - 24/7 on call beginning at 37 weeks through 2 weeks postpartum - Assistance through labor and birth (*in person attendance or virtual)

$700 USD · Flat rate

Virtual Birth/Early Postpartum

- Complimentary 1st meeting to determine if we are a good match - Minimum 2 virtual prenatal support sessions via Zoom/Facetime/Skype which will cover the following Assistance with creating birth preferences/plan Tips, practices, and exercises for pregnancy and birth Education on legal birth and breastfeeding rights Postpartum planning - Minimum 3 virtual postpartum support sessions via Zoom/Facetime/Skype which can include Guidance and assistance with newborn care Tips, practices, and exercises for postpartum Feeding education Labor and birth processing/ Birth story - 24/7 on call beginning at 37 weeks through 2 weeks postpartum - Continuous emotional and informational support during labor and birth through phone or video assistance

$550 USD · Flat rate

What to expect

I provide birth and postpartum doula care. Just as pregnancy, birth, and parenthood are unique experiences, each person is going to have different needs. I will tailor services to provide you with support and care to fit your specific needs. All packages include a complimentary consultation.