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Welcome to Newborn & Family CareNewborn & Family Care of New England, LLC is a specialized placement agency matching expectant parents with labor and childbirth specialists (also known as birth doulas), and matching new parents with postpartum doulas, and personal, in-home caregiver services.
Our childbirth specialists work with you and your partner during your pregnancy, labor, and delivery, offering continuous emotional, physical, and informational support. This guidance may reduce complications, help your partner participate with confidence, and increase your overall satisfaction with the birthing experience. Each birth is a once in a lifetime experience! During the first few hectic and uncertain months of your new baby's life, our staff of knowledgeable caregivers provide the nurturing, guidance and education one needs when caring for their newborn. The aspect of in-home care provides confidential and sensitive support to the new parent and empowers them to become independent and confident. We offer services in the following areas: • Birth doula Newborn & Family Care brochure of services "A birth doula is a person trained and experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during, and just after childbirth." - DONA International For more information about what a birth doula does, go to DONA.org. Daytime in-home caregivers are knowledgeable, experienced women who focus on service to the family. They care for the baby while parents nap or may care for siblings while parents tend to their newborn. Daytime in-home caregivers also perform light household duties, such as tidying up, doing baby laundry, planning and preparing meals, and running errands. A postpartum doula guides parents to care for their infant(s) themselves.
• Provide hands-on education with newborn and maternal care Overnight in-home caregivers are available to provide parents with nighttime respite. Parents sleep while the caregiver tends to the crying infant throughout the night. The caregiver rests when the baby sleeps. Parents may provide a pillow and blanket; private facilities are not necessary. This service can be utilized whether breast feeding or bottle feeding. The caregiver will bring the baby to the mother or will bottle feed the baby. This service combines daytime and overnight in-home care. Clients and caregivers mutually agree upon the services necessary to create a nurturing, restful environment for the family. In addition to her compensation, the caregiver is provided with room and board during her stay. Breast feeding may have its challenges. An in-home lactation consultant can be available to assist the mother and baby in their efforts to successfully breast feed. A private in-home consultation can yield breast feeding tips, techniques, and useful breast pump equipment information. The lactation consultant offers encouragement and sensitive support with breastfeeding your baby. In-home massage therapists are available by appointment to provide therapeutic massage for parent and baby. They can instruct parents on how to properly massage their baby for beneficial bonding, relaxing, and soothing baby. An experienced caregiver can travel with your family when you're away from home for an extended period of time or can provide 24-hour in-home care while you're traveling. Some potential needs may be:
• Assists with childcare during days-, weeks-, or months-long summer vacations 
Newborn & Family Care of New England, LLC
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Newborn & Family Care's mission is to provide new parents with the professional and sensitive support they need to help ease nerves with childbirth and beyond. 