Let’s begin The Journey

Birth Support Package

$950

I will be on maternity leave from April-August 2025 - I am happy to provide suggestions of other doulas who will be available to support births during this time.

Providing physical, emotional and informational support to you and your family throughout pregnancy, labor and birth and into motherhood.


Complementary Pre-booking Consultation

  • Answer your questions and get to know each other

  • Outline doula services

Ongoing remote support

  • Support and questions answered via texting, phone and email from the time of hire through the postpartum period

  • Free Access to my lending library of books

Pregnancy Visit 1

  • Answer questions you may have about pregnancy/birth

  • Help you start your birth plan

  • Discuss your labor preparation

Pregnancy Visit 2

  • Finalize birth plan

  • Discuss and practice comfort measures and labor/birth positions

  • Review communicating your wishes to medical providers

  • Help you start a postpartum plan

Labor and Birth

  • I will be on call from 37 weeks and if applicable, have a back-up doula on call

  • When labor begins, you can request support at home or at your delivery location

  • I will help you utilize preferred comfort measures such as massage, counter-pressure, movement, hot/cold therapy ect.

  • If needed, I can run quick errands

  • As circumstances allow, I will maintain a confidential birth log of labor and birth events

  • I can offer some guidance with initial breastfeeding

  • I will remain with you until 1-2 hours after baby is born, or until you feel situated

In-home Postpartum visit

  • Process birth experience

  • Breastfeeding Support

  • Light house-work

  • Discuss baby care and refer to other professionals if needed

  • Additional Postpartum support is available at an hourly rate (daytime - $25/hour, Night-time $35/hour)

Birth Photography Add-on $250

  • minimum 40 images (typical is around 100) of your labor and birth and with baby

  • Due to the private nature of birth photos, sample portfolio is available only upon request. Please text (281-250-1881) or email me (crystal.summerhays@gmail.com) if you would like to see the portfolio.

  • If you would like just photography without doula services, please contact me for pricing.

Birth Video Add-on $250

  • edited video showing labor and birth, typically 2-5 minutes

  • Due to the private nature of birth, sample portfolio of videos is available only upon request. Please text (281-250-1881) or email me (crystal.summerhays@gmail.com) if you would like to see the portfolio.

Bundle all three special (Doula, Birth Photos and Video): $1300

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.”

– Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh