About Doulaworks
At Doulaworks we understand the challenges that parenthood brings. We provide postpartum care for parents in addition to personal sleep education, sleep support for newborns, toddlers and their care givers.
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Doulaworks will work with your family pre-natal and after you give birth so that you can avoid common pitfalls that a newborn can bring.
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We are here for you when you realize you need help to get your family life back on track. We can provide teaching and tools to ease your transition to an expanded family.
At Doulaworks we are happy to provide professional care for you and your family. With many years of experience, we will give you the support you are looking for.
At Doulaworks we care about you. We can help during your pregnancy to set up and organize your nursery. We can be there for you immediately after your baby is born, in your home or in the hospital.
We are trained to support how you choose to feed your baby. We help with the adjustment to the changes and challenges that come with newborn babies.
Doulaworks offers daytime or overnight care to allow you to rest and recover. We will help you and your baby get the sleep you both want and need.
We provide New Parent Education, Postpartum Care and Infant & Child Sleep consulting.
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Contact us and let us know how we can help you. We are based in Thornhill and serve the Greater Toronto Area, York Region and part of Durham Region.
Services
Sleep Consulting
A Good Night's Rest for All! Sound sleep for you, your baby, and family. By working with Petra, you’ll learn to understand your baby's sleep habits and build a strong trusting relationship at bedtime.
You will discover your child’s natural sleeping pattern that respects family dynamics and your feeding preferences.
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Prenatal and Newborn Sleep Package [Age 0-4 Months] $185
Start off right with healthy and realistic sleep expectations for you and your newborn.
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1 hour consultation via Zoom
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Establish reasonable sleep expectations
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Use of Sleep Shaping to help you recognize sleep cues and plan a routine for your baby
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30 minute follow-up call two weeks after initial consultation
Ready-Set-Go [Age 5 Months - 3 Years] $775
For parents who need help setting their child's sleep expectations to match their family life.
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Review of intake questionnaire, sleep, activity and nutrition log
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1 hour consultation via Zoom meeting to learn about and discuss the sleep challenges
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Outline of a sleep plan
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Weekly Zoom meetings for support and answering questions
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6 weeks of support via the “Rested” app (no additional cost)
Mini Consultation $149+HST
A 60 minute consultation via Zoom
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60 minute consultation; can be split in two 30 minute calls.
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The second call must be used no later than 2 weeks after the initial call.
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Review of intake questionnaire, sleep, activity and nutrition log
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Written notes and links from what is discussed during the consultation
New Parent Education
Life with your Newborn $149
A 3-hour workshop split into two 90 minutes sessions
Wouldn’t life be easier if every newborn came with an instruction manual? At Thornhill Doulas, we’re here to help.
Imagine bringing your newborn home and being able to read their cues, intuitive to their needs from the very beginning. Be calm and assured in your parenting skills through our 3-hour class workshop tailored to walk new parents through the journey of parenthood.
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Feel at ease by preparing for the trials, challenges, and joy of welcoming your first child into the world.
Meet Petra Nobel
Petra Nobel
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Before Petra came to Canada, her life started in the Netherlands, including the beginning of her professional life as a nursing assistant. Immersed in Dutch culture & philosophy, it was expected that all new mothers would receive the benefit of in-home maternity care as soon as the baby was born. After 18 months of training she became certified to assist midwives during home births and help parents with the ebbs and flows of an expanding family.
Petra furthered her education by entering the maternity care floor of the hospital working alongside obstetricians, paediatricians, registered nurses and midwives. Simultaneously learning from the women she was supporting, their culture differences, alternative ideals and time tested practices. While of course a more medical role, the ideal of making expecting parents feel at home was weaved into care, a truly comprehensive approach amongst the entire health care team.
In Canada she continued training and became a CAPPA Certified Postpartum Doula. Working with new families is her passion. Petra knows how important it is to have somebody to reassure and answer the many questions of a new parent, regardless if they are welcoming their first or subsequent baby to their family.
She knows that a Doula Works.
As a Doula, Petra saw how many new parents struggle with their child’s sleep issues. This of course sparked the desire to specialize further, as a Maternity, Infant and Child Sleep Consultant through the International Parenting and Health Institute (IPHI).
Petra is a mother of two fun and active teenage boys who will make sure that she is always on her toes. Whenever she has the chance she will visit family back in the Netherlands and make sure to bring home drop (Dutch licorice), one of her favourite things to eat.
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Certifications
Trained Maternity Care Nurse Netherlands
CAPPA: Postpartum Doula, New Parent Educator, Childbirth Educator
IPHI Certified Infant & Child Sleep Consultant
Newborn Care Specialist
She wants to make sure that her knowledge is up to date and continues educating herself in her field. A few of the courses and workshops she has taken are:
Working with Multiples
CPR
SUIDS
Breastfeeding 101 and 102 for Birth Professionals
Webinars and Conferences attended:
CAPPA conference in 2017 and 2020
Breast milk Scientific Webinar
Sleeposium 2019 and 2020
