Sweet Bee Services:
Premier Doula Agency Serving Maryland, DC, and Northern Virginia
You deserve
relationship-based
care.
Sweet Bee Services is the premier doula agency of Maryland, DC, and Northern Virginia.
We provide the one-stop-shop reproductive care you deserve and desire.
We specialize in trauma-informed care, high-risk pregnancies, and personalized healthcare.
Reproductive care in the USA is often described as brusk, inconsistent, and confusing. When faced with increased risks of birth-related complications, due to race or high-risk pregnancy, navigating healthcare systems is even scarier and more overwhelming.
We make sure it isn’t.
Get a team of advocates who know YOU and walk with YOU to make the best decisions for YOU.
Your entire experience should be grounded in education, advocacy, support, and empowerment. We create that with you by spending time building a relationship with you. You deserve personalized, informed reproductive care support so you can engage with your providers confidently. We’re here to help you!
Our Approach is Unique:
We’re Doulas and More!
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Educate
There’s a lot of information and opinions about how to conceive, give birth and raise babies. We provide evidence-based and experience-backed workshops & classes to help you prepare for YOUR experience the way YOU want it to happen.
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Equip
Your team of experts works collaboratively to help you sort through the information and create personalized nutrition, exercise, stretching, birth, lactation, and postpartum plans tailored to your unique needs and dynamics.
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Embolden
As we work together, your confidence grows. Your ability to birth without fear and to navigate the often confusing healthcare system increases because we’re consistently by your side the whole way. Our clients feel safer physically & emotionally. Their ability to advocate with their doctors, even when faced with curveballs, increases. This security and peace of mind make transitioning to postpartum easier.
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Empower
Our clients’ experiences range from hospital to home births, from VBACs to emergency c-sections. They’re survivors of infant loss, pre-eclampsia, hyperemesis, and more. Yet for nearly a decade, Sweet Bee moms and dads have told us how they felt so powerful during their experience. That’s our ultimate goal: to give you the tools and support you need to take back your power and create the experience that YOU want.
How to Become a Client
Book your complimentary consultation
Select the best service(s) option for your unique needs
Get matched to your personal support team
FAQs
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“Doula” comes from the Greek-word for female servant. Today, doulas are trained healthcare professionals who support individuals and families in various situations. At Sweet Bee Services, we are a team of birth and postpartum doulas, many of whom have additional specialty areas.
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OB/GYNs are medical physicians who support people with a uterus. Midwives are nurses who provide healthcare to people with a uterus. Doulas are trained healthcare professionals who support individuals and families as they navigate decisions around having babies & preparing to parent those babies. We offer emotional, informational, and non-medical physical support.
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We offer support from pre-conception through postpartum. Due to the demand for our services, we recommend you book your Sweet Bee birth doula by no later than 20 weeks. For postpartum support, we suggest booking your Sweet Bee postpartum doula by no later than 30 weeks. Preconception support can be booked as soon as you are ready for someone to go on the journey with you.
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That’s wonderful! We are actively seeking partnerships with private and public insurance providers. At this time, however, we do not bill insurance directly. We work with you as a third party to receive as much of you insurance reimbursement as possible.
We offer letters of medical necessity and provide all needed paperwork for reimbursement.
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We offer monthly and bi-monthly payment plans. We also partner with grant-awarding organizations like The Black Doula Project. Lastly, we work as a third party to help you navigate insurance reimbursement options.
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Fertility doulas support people as they are trying to conceive. Birth doulas support pregnant people and their families as they prepare for birth and then during the labor experience. Postpartum doulas provide support once baby has arrived and the family is home. At Sweet Bee Services, several of our team members are full-spectrum, meaning they can provide support for both birth and postpartum experiences.
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Postpartum doulas support the birthing person and/or new parent(s) as they navigate life with a newborn. Our team is prepared to ease your stressors by handling the little things like washing dishes or organizing baby items, to the big things like providing overnight infant care and proactively intervening at the first signs of postpartum depression or anxiety.
“The level of compassion, comfortability, and knowledge go unmatched. Leah’s knowledge and the ability to make you feel respected for your decisions and aware of your options is what I love the most.”
—Jennifer Lawrence, Wife of Former Baltimore Ravens Player Matt Lawrence & Mama of 2
