Guiding Your Birth Journey
Welcome to Moss and Moon Doula Care!
My name is Elsa, and I’m a birth and postpartum doula serving the Twin Cities Metro Area. I’ve been a certified birth doula since 2012 through DONA International, and this year I became certified Birth Arts International as a birth and postpartum doula.
I believe the transition into parenthood is sacred, life-changing, and deeply transformational. Motherhood begins long before your baby arrives, and it keeps unfolding long after. It reshapes your identity with fierce tenderness and new daily rhythms. The strength, instinct, and quiet wisdom you draw on in labor and birth are the same wells that will sustain you in the weeks that follow. I trust your body and your intuition, and I’m here to help you trust them too.
The early weeks with a new baby are tender, beautiful, and exhausting, sometimes all in the same hour. As your postpartum doula, I’m here to care for you so you can care for your baby. Your recovery matters just as much as your baby’s first days.
Here’s what that can look like:
Feeding support: Breastfeeding, pumping, bottles, or a combination, with encouragement and practical help.
Newborn care: Soothing, swaddling, diapering, feeding, and sleep routines, so you feel confident with your baby.
Recovery and rest: Gentle check-ins on how you’re healing and how you’re feeling, plus space to sleep, shower, and eat well.
Emotional support: A listening ear, free of judgment, as you adjust to your new role and a changing family.
Help at home: Nourishing meals, light tidying, and practical tasks that give you time to rest.
Care for your whole family: Partners and siblings are welcome in this support, too.
I’ll also help you know when to reach out to your medical provider, so you always feel connected to the care you need, or share referrals or resources for different supports if needed.
Birth support, too
If you’re looking for support during pregnancy and labor, I’d love to be there for you as well. I’ll be with you from start to finish, available to guide your partner, and we’ll prepare practically and emotionally for the changes ahead. My support doesn’t end at delivery. I’m here to help you step into parenthood with compassion, useful tools, and gentle encouragement, so you can have the birth and early postpartum experience you envision for yourself and your baby.
Support Every Step of the Way
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From our first conversation to the first hours with your baby, you’ll have steady, non-judgmental, caring support.
Birth doula package starts at $1800.
What’s included:
Phone or text support: Reach me with questions anytime until labor begins.
Two prenatal visits: We’ll talk through what to expect, labor positions, talk about and practice comfort and pain management options, and ways for your partner to feel confident and involved.
Continuous in-person support in labor: I’m by your side once you’re in active labor, offering guidance and encouragement, no matter what.
Emotional coaching and advocacy: I’ll help you feel calm, informed, and heard every step of the way.
Support through the first hours after birth: I stay until about two hours postpartum, so you’re never left on your own in those first moments.
Up to two postpartum visits at home: Continued support as you settle in with your new baby to support infant feeding, you and your household.
Ready to talk about your birth? Schedule a free consultation and let’s get started.
Birth package starting $1800. Extended support or additional visits are available for additional costs.
Payment options available. I believe every family deserves support, so I offer a limited number of sliding-scale spots. If cost is a concern, please reach out and we’ll talk about what’s possible.
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Gentle, in-home assistance with infant feeding, soothing techniques, and household tasks to help you rest and recover. Examples include light cleaning, meal prep (you provide recipes and ingredients), laundry, infant care education and general care so you can rest, sibling adjustment support, and more. You get to take care of yourself, while I do the rest.
DAYTIME PACKAGES AVAILABLE: 50% due at signing with the remaining balance due split up in weekly or biweekly payments. Daytime sessions are booked in 4 hour minimum sessions, $220 per visit.
$1760: 32 hours over 4 weeks. 8 visits of four hours, 2/week.
$3500: 64 hours over 4 weeks. 16 visits of four hours. 4/week.
$5280: 96 hours over 4-6 weeks. 24 visits over 4-6 weeks.
$6600: 120 hours over 8 weeks; 30 visits of four hours, 4/week.
Need more or less? Let’s talk. We can work out the best schedule and number of hours that will meet your needs.
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Overnight doula care 10 pm- 6 am. Schedule as many or as few overnights as you would like. I care for your baby while you get uninterrupted sleep, including diaper changes, feeding baby and getting them back to sleep. I will do other quiet tasks such as laundry, bottle prep/cleaning, light cleaning in ways that do not disrupt the household.
OVERNIGHT PACKAGES AVAILABLE: 50% due at signing with the remaining balance due split up in weekly or biweekly payments. All overnight packages are for 8 hour visits per night.
$475: Single night postpartum care. Availability dependent on doula’s schedule ($60/hr)
$1760: 32 hours over 4 weeks; four visits. 1 night/week. ($55/hr)
$3500: 64 hours over 4 weeks; eight visits, 2 nights/week. ($55/hr)
$5280: 96 hours over 4-6 weeks; three visits a week over 4 weeks, or 2 visits per week for 6 weeks.($55/hr)
$6600: 120 hours over 8 weeks; 15 visits, 2-3 nights/week. ($55/hr)
Need more or less? Let’s talk. We can work out the best schedule and number of hours that will meet your needs.
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Last-Minute Doula Care
Babies don’t always follow the plan. Maybe your due date is closer than you realized, you’ve just learned you’re having a baby sooner than expected, or the support you were counting on has fallen through. It’s not too late to have someone in your corner.
Last-minute care is for families who:
Are in their last weeks of pregnancy and realize they want more support
Had a doula or helper who is no longer available
Are heading into an induction, scheduled cesarean, or unexpected change of plans
Just came home with a baby and are feeling overwhelmed
Want a steady, experienced presence without waiting for a long lead time
$2000 Birth Doula
$500 Postpartum Overnights (8-hr min)
$280 Postpartum Day Visit (4-hr min)
I’ll meet you where you are, learn what matters most to you, and tailor my support to the time we have. Reach out as soon as you can and we’ll talk about what’s possible.
Let’s Chat!
Scheduling a free discovery call is the easiest way to see if we’re a good fit. Let’s connect and talk about the support you’re looking for. I can’t wait to meet you!
“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.”
Why I Do What I Do
I believe every family deserves compassionate, evidence-based support during pregnancy, birth, and the quiet weeks that follow. I believe in the power of having support and community to help you welcome your baby, to help with your transition to motherhood, sibling integration and more. What I love about doula work is that it can be found in numerous texts throughout history and has been a part of humanity since ancient civilizations and doulas continue this work now.
Supporting birthing women and in the delicate weeks postpartum, holding space for them in gentle, grounding, calming ways is my approach. You bleed, feed, heal and transform. I feel we often forget about the woman once the baby is born and that transitioning to motherhood has its own set of challenges and adjustments. From taking care of some of the tasks that keep your home running like laundry, kitchen reset, laundry and meal prep, to protecting your rest, watching the baby so you can shower or take a hot bath, I’m here to be that support.
I would love to be a part of your journey and provide day or overnight postpartum packages.
Let’s Connect!
Complete the form below to connect with me. From there we can schedule a call, chat via email, or if you’re just wondering about availability, please reach out! Please include your due date (or baby’s birth date if already born), the service you are interested in so I can respond to the best of my ability.
My availability is limited and I’d love to be able to serve you!