About Us
Welcome to Family Ways! We're glad you're here.
Our team of doulas serves clients around the greater Washington DC area, supporting individuals and families navigating their perinatal journeys. We provide birth and postpartum doula support, childbirth education, infant feeding support, and more.
As of November 2024, Family Ways is proudly a part of Pacify. Pacify connects families with trusted doulas and lactation consultants, offering flexible virtual and in-person support to guide new parents through every stage of pregnancy and postpartum.
To learn more, please visit pacify.com.
Our birth doulas accompany you on your pregnancy and labor journey toward a safe and satisfying birth experience. We provide reassurance and perspective to you (and support people), make suggestions for labor progress, and help with relaxation, soothing touch, positioning, & other techniques for comfort.
Our postpartum doulas assist with self-care recovery measures and in caring for and feeding your new baby/babies, provide information on parent and baby care, support infant feeding, help your family with adjusting to new roles, and offer light household support (e.g., preparing snacks, baby laundry, washing bottles).
Infant Feeding Support
Our lactation consultants support families at any time during the infant feeding journey, but most frequently in the early days and weeks following the baby’s birth. We support new parents and babies in optimizing the feeding experience. We provide reassurance and perspective to you and your partner, make suggestions for infant feeding and sleeping, and offer new-parent support and community referrals.
Come learn with us! The emphasis of our childbirth education is on preparing our families for childbirth options and informed decision-making. In addition to our in-person weekend intensive classes covering childbirth, postpartum, newborn care, and infant CPR, we also offer private virtual childbirth and
birth refresher classes upon request.
