Community-based, culturally affirming birthwork, consulting, education, and community care

Healing-Centered
Public Health,Birthwork, Engagement & Care

What does "Saa Yare Boah" mean?

saa yare · healing
boah · support

Saa Yare Boah are Akan words that signify how we want to care for you on your journey. Akan is one of many languages spoken in Ghana, West Africa.

TREATMENT

SERVICES & OFFERINGS

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DAYTIME POSTPARTUM
DOULA CARE PACKAGES

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Coming Soon!

boah & balance
5 Needle Protocol (5NP) Ear Acupuncture

What's included?

Two postpartum preparation sessions (either virtual or in-person).

One 90-minute preparation session and one 45-minute follow-up session with your partner and/or family care team.

Also included in each package:

Meal Prep Recipes & Postpartum Care Guides
Community referrals
Aya Tote bag with Postpartum Essentials
Basic breast/bodyfeeding support
Phone/text/email support & follow-up
In-person doula care

Minimum of 4 hours of in-home support each session

5 Needle Protocol (5NP) is a simple, accessible, trauma-informed treatment that places five tiny acupuncture needles in each ear. It helps calm the nervous system, reduce anxiety, ease pain, and support sleep.

Also included in each package:

1-5 ear acupoints
1-2 ear seeds

Only offered as community sessions, creating an intentional space to pause, invite calm, and rest in community.

Sliding Scale: $20 - $60; email for group pricing.

PACKAGES:

#1 - 16 Hours (up to 4 visits) for 4 weeks

#2 - 20 Hours (up to 5 visits) for 4 weeks

#3 - 24 Hours (up to 6 visits) for 5 weeks

#4 - 32 Hours (up to 8 visits) for 6 weeks

Postpartum Support packages starting at $1200.00, email for pricing.

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VIRTUAL POSTPARTUM PREPARATION SESSIONS

What's included?

Two virtual postpartum preparation sessions

One 90-minute preparation session and one 45-minute follow-up session with your partner and/or family care team.

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PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL IMPACT CONSULTING

Looking for consulting support to develop or grow your social impact partnerships in maternal and reproductive health or identify gaps in accessibility or care?

Email us to connect.

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“I’m so happy and thankful to have gotten to be supported by Theo. The information and conversation sharing was truly enriching and appreciated. She helped me to find the right health providers.”

TT, RVA

ABOUT

Greetings! Akwaaba!! Hello! I'm Theodora, I'm a first-generation Ghanaian-American Postpartum Birthworker/Doula.

I started my doula practice in 2018 in Brooklyn, NYC, when I trained as a full-spectrum community doula. I come to my doula practice after designing and implementing global and local maternal, child, and reproductive public health programs for over 12 years. Since then, I have supported birthing and postpartum women, people, and their families on their journeys in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan in NYC, Richmond, Virginia, and now in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area.

My doula practice is also shaped by my West African background. I come from a big Ghanaian family and diaspora community, where community care is how we care for each other through life’s transitions, particularly birth and postpartum. As a postpartum birthworker/doula, I provide culturally-rooted and affirming postpartum education, support, and nourishing services and products to birthing and postpartum people. I have several postpartum packages I offer, so that you can find the right fit for you and your family.

A portion of all my services and products supports black and brown and immigrant women/birthing people and their families across the spectrum of their reproductive needs to have safe, dignified, and loving reproductive experiences.

If you would like to work together, click the link below to schedule a consult session! I look forward to hearing how I can join your team of care to provide you and your family a nourishing and supported postpartum journey.

For information on my training, click HERE.

MY CLINIC

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Would you like to donate to our community care work or to give a free Postpartum package to a community member? Click the link below to donate or email us for more information on how to contribute.

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