More Than Newborn Care
The fourth trimester is a time of healing, adjustment, and learning for your baby and for you.
At Pocket Doula Care, we believe exceptional postpartum support begins with caring for the recovering parent while nurturing the newest member of your family. Our family-centered, mother-focused, evidence-informed approach helps protect your rest, support your recovery, and build your confidence as you settle into life with your baby. We honor traditional postpartum wisdom alongside modern clinical knowledge, because both matter, and because nourishment, rest, and steady presence are the oldest forms of care there are.
Sometimes what you need is overnight newborn care so you can sleep for more than two hours at a stretch. Sometimes it's help reaching your feeding goals, or a warm meal ready so you can finally sit down and eat, or an hour to shower without listening for the baby. Sometimes it's simply having someone experienced in the house you can ask a question without feeling silly. We don't only care for babies. We care for the people becoming parents, the ones who are brave and exhausted, hopeful and overwhelmed, recovering and becoming new versions of themselves.
Pocket Doula Care serves families throughout Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Pflugerville, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Buda, Kyle, and Dripping Springs.
What postpartum support solves
You can prepare the nursery, wash the tiny clothes, install the car seat, and take the classes. Then the baby comes home.
You’re recovering. You’re exhausted. You’re learning your baby. Your partner is adjusting too. And if you have older children, they still need you.
This is where professional postpartum support makes a meaningful difference: newborn care and feeding support within a doula’s scope, rest, recovery, practical education, and light household help tied to the newborn period. Postpartum doula care is non-medical support, and it works alongside your medical providers rather than replacing them.
Postpartum care is where recovery truly begins. Together, we’ll focus on rest, healing, newborn care, feeding, and practical education so you feel supported, prepared, and confident long after our time together ends.
Every family is different, so every support plan is thoughtfully customized to fit your home, your schedule, and your goals.
Personalized care. Backed by a team.
The doula who comes into your home gets to know your baby, your routines, and how you like things done. She is also part of a professional practice. Your care plan is shared within the Pocket Doula Care team, so if your doula is ever sick or something unexpected comes up, a Pocket Doula who knows your plan can step in. Your nights stay covered and your recovery stays on track.
You don’t lose personalization because we’re a team. You gain reliability because we are.
Four packages
Each package provides a defined amount of support. The exact dates and cadence are personalized with your doula, based on your needs and availability.
Essential daytime support
$1,500
25 total daytime support hours across the first three weeks postpartum.
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For families who want focused daytime postpartum support during the early weeks while relying on other support overnight.
Start a ConversationFoundational overnight support
$6,720
112 total overnight support hours across six weeks.
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For families who want consistent overnight support during the early postpartum weeks.
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Extended overnight support
$9,600
160 total overnight support hours across eight weeks.
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For families who want substantial overnight support for a longer period, with support that gradually tapers over time.
Start a ConversationComprehensive postpartum support
$13,200
220 total support hours across the full twelve-week fourth trimester.
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Our most comprehensive postpartum package, combining overnight support with flexible daytime support throughout the fourth trimester.
Start a ConversationEvery family’s schedule is personalized. Your exact dates and support cadence are planned with your doula based on your family’s needs, availability, and changing circumstances.
Overnight care is provided in 8 HR overnight shifts.
Whether your family needs daytime support, overnight care, or a combination of both, we'll create a postpartum plan that fits. Twin support and fully customized postpartum plans are always available.
For families with older children
Sibling Support
Because becoming a big sibling is a big job.
$45/HR
An $800 non refundable booking retainer reserves your support. Once services begin, it’s billed at $45/HR with a 6 HR minimum.
There’s a lot happening when a new baby arrives, and older siblings have feelings, routines, opinions, and approximately 47 things they suddenly need to show you.
Brontë offers dedicated sibling support to keep older children cared for, engaged, and comfortable while parents focus on labor, birth, and their new baby.
Includes
Extra hands for older siblings. More space for parents to focus on baby. And, of course, a little razzle dazzle. ✨
Provided by Brontë, Postpartum Doula
Contact UsWhat our care includes
Here is what the care looks like, and what it tends to make possible.
Newborn care & soothing
You get real, uninterrupted sleep while someone experienced holds the night.
Lactation & feeding support
Fewer 3 a.m. questions you have to answer alone, and steadier progress toward your goals.
Healing & recovery education
Room to recover as a person, not only to manage everyone else.
Emotional support
Another calm adult in the house, and somewhere to put the hard days.
Sibling adjustment
Your older child still gets attention while you're focused on the baby.
Light meal prep & tidying
You can eat something warm and sit in a room that isn't working against you.
Overnight care, when you need sleep most
Mornings that start with rest behind you instead of a night to survive.
Referrals to trusted local providers
Less mental load. You don't have to research everything yourself.
A team behind your care
Your postpartum care is personal and relationship-based. You’ll work with a member of the Pocket Doula Care team who gets to know your family, your routines, and what support actually helps. Behind that relationship is a team that can step in when schedules, illness, or changing needs require additional coverage. Our doulas stay in touch with one another, so the support you get feels like one steady circle rather than a rotating cast. Your doula has your back. We have hers.
Pocket Notes
The things families tucked into our pocket after their journey.
“We’ve had the pleasure of working with Vanessa whom was great at making sure I was taking my meds on time as well as observing my breast feeding which my milk was just starting to come in. We were also in our cluster feeding stage which was rough to get through. She helped recommend incorporating a binky as she noticed our girl was trying to soothe herself not necessarily needing to eat. This was a GAME changer for us and honestly something we wouldn’t be able to pick up on since we had no idea what we were doing.”
Still pregnant?
If your baby hasn't arrived yet, it's worth knowing that birth support and postpartum support come from the same relationship. Meeting your doula while you're still pregnant means the person walking into your home afterward already knows your family. No pressure either way, and plenty of families choose one or the other.
See birth supportLet's design your fourth trimester
We'll talk through your household, your hopes, and the kind of support that will actually help.
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