Why Hire A Postpartum Doula?
Studies have shown
- Women who receive doula support have significantly lower odds of postpartum depression and anxiety.
- Doula support is linked to improved breastfeeding success, including earlier milk production and a longer duration of breastfeeding.
Also…
- Doulas provide practical newborn care. We provide evidence-based information on feeding, soothing techniques, and baby care, resulting in an increase of parental confidence.
- Doulas provide physical recovery support. We offer comfort measures and support for healing.
- Doulas provide household support. We assist with light household chores, meal prep, and daily routines.
Support For Your
Fourth Trimester
Overnight Postpartum Care (Specializing in Restorative Support)
Overnight care is at the heart of what I do, because rest is truly foundational in the postpartum season. While you sleep, I provide attentive, gentle care for your baby throughout the night, handling feeding support, diaper changes, soothing, and settling so you can experience uninterrupted, restorative rest. Many parents describe waking up feeling human again, with a sense of relief and clarity they didn’t realize they were missing. These nights are not just about sleep; they are about recovery, emotional reset, and restoring balance so you can show up for your baby feeling more grounded and supported.
$65 per hour for night 8hrs minimum.
Daytime Postpartum Care
Daytime support is designed to gently ease your transition into life with a newborn. During the day, I step in where you need me most, whether that’s caring for your baby while you rest, shower, or catch up on sleep, supporting feeding routines, or helping with light household tasks so your home feels calmer and more manageable. I also offer reassurance, newborn guidance, and emotional support during those early weeks when everything can feel new and overwhelming. My presence is steady and nurturing, giving you the space to breathe, recover, and adjust at your own pace while knowing your baby is in caring, experienced hands.
Virtual postpartum support sessions are also available for families outside my service area, providing expert advice and reassurance wherever you are. Each service is personalized to your family’s rhythm, ensuring you feel confident, nurtured, and supported throughout the fourth trimester.
$65 per hour minimum of 4hrs.
A New Offering Is On Its Way
POSTPARTUM NUTRITION SUPPORT
A new offering designed to support recovery after birth through personalized nutrition guidance and evidence-informed care.
Together, we’ll focus on replenishing nutrient stores, restoring energy, supporting hormonal balance, and building a foundation for lasting maternal health.
Nourishment is foundational to healing.
Personalized Support
for Every Family
REFLECTIONS FROM THE FOURTH TRIMESTER
My experience with Marlo was wonderful. During her time in my home, she was extremely helpful with our little one, she worked in our home for roughly about 100 hours. Her time was spent tending to our child, making sure he fed, changed and cuddled when needed. She was super helpful by prepping things to be cooked the following day. She made sure all the bottles were washed before her shift was over, she made sure all of the laundry wash washed and folded each time she was working in our home. Marlo has raised her own children and was helpful with gentle advise and guidance for taking care of our little one. When asked if I would recommend Marlo as a dulia, it was an easy and quick response to absolutely I would recommend her. I think everyone should have a Marlo when they come home with a new baby, it makes postpartum and healing as peaceful and easy as possible. –
Marlo was a postpartum doula for our family after the birth of our first child. She was absolutely incredible both with taking care of our daughter and teaching us the ropes as first time parents. She has such a wealth of knowledge about things from getting baby to sleep/eat/burp to helping cure persistent diaper rash. Marlo was incredibly helpful for me as I went through a rough postpartum recovery and got the hang of breastfeeding. I could not recommend hiring Marlo enough!
Marlo was our backup night doula for our newborn daughter. Our daughter was born earlier than due date and our primary doula was unavailable at first. Thanks to Marlo, we were well supported. Marlo is extremely knowledgeable and patience. She not only took great care of the baby throughout the nights, but also taught us with great patience and told us what to expect to avoid unnecessary anxiety. Overall we were very satisfied and will definitely recommend Marlo to new parents!
In early February 2024, my husband and I brought home our newborn child after an unusually difficult birth and quickly learned that we needed more help than we had available. Through the assistance of a local agency, we engaged postpartum doula services and met Marlo Knight. Although we enjoyed the assistance of a few doulas through this agency, Marlo brought something special. Marlo’s calm and kind disposition brought a sense of ease to us as jittery and anxious new parents. She approached us in a collaborative spirit, bringing her own wisdom and experience while listening and supporting our priorities and needs. She was professional, prompt and thorough. All of this led my husband and I to feel confident in asking Marlo to care for our son full time when I returned to work in the Spring. As a full-time nanny, Marlo really became a part of our family. Her attentiveness to our son Charlie left me feeling confident that he was in safe hands while I was away. Beyond the care she showed for all of us, she was extremely professional and went above and beyond. She communicated early and often whenever there was a schedule change and always found ways to fill in gaps whenever needed. But most importantly, our son adored spending time with Marlo and it really showed! While we would have loved to maintain her in our employ indefinitely, we are extremely proud of Marlo’s efforts to further her education and return to school. We enthusiastically recommend her for every opportunity and I’m personally happy to speak to anyone seeking additional information to that end.
We strongly and warmly recommend Marlo Knight as a postpartum doula. She has been an immense help and support for the past 10 weeks with our second baby.
From Marlo’s very first day with us, it has been obvious not only that she has experience and expertise with newborns, but also that she truly loves her job and cares deeply for the babies she watches over. We trust her entirely to care for our baby boy, and we have even learned new methods for soothing and caring for him from Marlo.
Marlo has also done an incredible job integrating herself seamlessly into our home routines, and she truly goes above and beyond to make herself helpful. For example, Marlo has worked closely and collaboratively with Paige so that Paige can continue breastfeeding baby boy but also maximize her sleep on the nights that Marlo is with us. Marlo also often finds ways to be helpful around the house even without being asked. And she has been so warm and friendly throughout our time together that it truly feels like she is another family member who belongs in our home when she is here. Any other family with a newborn would be lucky to work with Marlo.
Wonderful Postpartum Night Doula!
Marlo was an incredible support during our newborn’s early weeks. She cared for our baby with warmth and expertise, always arriving on time and offering invaluable advice on sleep and breastfeeding nutrition.
Beyond newborn care, she went above and beyond—helping with some household tasks like laundry, making our transition into a family of five much smoother. Her kindness, reliability, and knowledge were truly a gift to our family. Highly recommend!
We are very grateful for Marlo’s help during the post partum period. She is friendly, kind and very gentle with our newborn. As first time parents we really appreciated Marlo’s knowledge and experice with little ones. She was also really great with our cats (equally important to us.)!
We appreciated having Marlo’s help overnight so that we could get decent rest a few nights a week. It was great to be able to simply wake up, pump and go back to sleep and know that our baby was happy and cared for while we slept.
Marlo is an excellent post partum doula! We we would be happy to work with her again or reccomend her to others with new little ones!
We chose Marlo as our postpartum doula following the birth of our first child. She was an amazing help throughout the entire adjustment period of bringing a newborn home. She helped around the house, answered any random questions I asked even when she was not working that day, and provided us with a lot of guidance and extremely useful advice.
Marlo was so kind and nurturing, you can tell she really cares and loves the babies she works with. She also is great with pets in the house. Our family has 3 very hyper dogs and Marlo was wonderful with them too. Marlo is organized, clean, and punctual. She also provided a very detailed little schedule of everything she did during her shift, which was super helpful for us to know “what” and “when” to do things for the baby once she left. I would recommend her services to any new parents. It really was an amazing experience and our family is so greatful for all of her work.
Marlo is a commensurate professional, and a compassionate addition to the household in the delicate weeks after bringing a newborn home. We were so grateful to have Marlo help us twice a week for the first four weeks after the birth of our first child, and she was instrumental in helping us get adjusted and settled into the new phase of our lives. We’d be delighted to work with Marlo again any time we need support post-partum. –
We had an wonderful experience working with Marlo as our night doula for our firstborn son! My postpartum experience would have been very different without her. Marlo was able to be in our home the first night when we got back from the hospital, when I was a sleep deprived mess of a first time mom – and I’m sooo grateful to have started my postpartum journey with her support . She is clearly a pro and loves babies – and I’m glad I was able to learn from her in real time. We continued to work with Marlo for 2-3 nights a week for 6 weeks, and always looked forward to her arrival those nights. She cared for our son with so much love, and I always could breathe a sigh of relief knowing he’s in safe hands overnight, and I could relax fully and sleep. Toward the end, Marlo helped me introduce a bottle overnight, so I was able to get my first nights of fully uninterrupted sleep! Marlo is an excellent communicator, always prompt/responsible and on time, and great with our very curious beagle dog, who welcomed her with open arms. Would absolutely recommend Marlo.
Our experience with Marlo as our doula was fantastic and a huge help with transition from one to two kids. She supported us with night times for about two months and it was a smooth process and allowed us to get much needed rest at night. Marlo is communicative and reliable.
She is a great person to also ask for advice for baby related questions as far as feeding and sleep. Marlo is kind and loves babies and children. 🙂 She is detail oriented and always had notes and information for the hand-off in the mornings. We appreciate Marlo supporting us during this transition with our new baby and would recommend her to anyone looking for doula support. Thank you!
We loved having Marlo’s help with our second baby! The thought of a postpartum night doula seemed kind of extravagant at first, but I’m so glad that we decided to get some extra help this time around. I was originally nervous about handing our new baby over to a stranger, but once we met Marlo, my husband and I had no problem making the decision. Marlo is easy to talk to, kind, and professional. She also clearly loves babies and has a warm personality. As a bonus, she loves animals and had no issue with our two somewhat obnoxious French bulldogs. The months leading up to my birth, Marlo kept in touch and asked how things were going. I feel like this helped establish a relationship and by the time our new baby arrived she didn’t seem like a stranger. It only took a night or two for us to establish a routine and things went smoothly right away. It was so nice to just nurse the baby every few hours and go right back to sleep while she was here. Marlo did the burping, rocking, swaddling, etc. She also kept a log of all of our baby’s diaper changes, sleep time, and any other information we might need. We were fortunate enough to have Marlo’s help for about 8 weeks and we will definitely hire her again when we have another baby! We miss her already. 🙂
Marlo was an amazing support! She helped tremendously when we were running low on sleep and needed some rest. She took good care of our baby and my wife postpartum.
As second-time parents with a toddler at home, we knew the newborn phase would be very different this time around. But Marlo’s support made it feel so much more manageable. She joined us as our night doula in those early weeks, and her presence brought a sense of calm to what can otherwise feel like a very full (and often messy!) household.
Marlo fit seamlessly into our home and routine, even on days when things felt a bit chaotic juggling a toddler and a newborn. She took incredible care of our baby overnight, allowing us to truly rest and reset, which made a huge difference in how we showed up for both kids during the day.
What stood out most was her confidence and experience, she just knew what to do, and we never had to worry. She was also thoughtful in sharing guidance when needed, while still respecting that we had been through this before.
Marlo was always reliable, communicative, and easy to have around, which matters so much during those vulnerable postpartum weeks. We’re so grateful to have had her support and would absolutely recommend her to any growing family, especially those navigating life with more than one little one.