Hands-on doula support for labor & birth

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Hi, I’m Sara.
Let me be your village.

Whether you're a new parent or “new again,” pregnancy, birth, and postpartum are a profound and vulnerable time. You deserve support for the journey. That’s what a doula is for.

What is a doula?

A doula is a trained, non-medical professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support before, during, and after birth.

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Working with a doula has been shown to lower the likelihood of medical interventions, contribute to a smoother labor process, and lead to better postpartum mental health outcomes.

Women who hire a doula are:

  • 39% less likely to give birth via Cesarean. (Source)

  • 31% less likely to labor under pitocin. (Source)

  • 46% less likely to have an instrumental vaginal delivery using forceps or a vacuum. (Source)

  • 10% to 28% less likely to request or use epidurals during labor. (Source)

  • 31% to 35% less likely to report a negative birth experience. (Source)

  • Likely to labor for shorter! Continuous labor support has a notable impact on reducing labor length. (Source)

Why work with me?

  • Compassionate, non-judgmental support tailored to your body, your history, and your birth preferences.

  • Extensive knowledge of birth positions to help you feel more comfortable during the different phases of labor and help make space for baby. These can be adapted for epidural or your unique mobility needs!

  • Hands-on comfort measures during labor such as counterpressure, positioning help, and guided breathing exercises.

  • Supportive of physiologic, medicated, and cesarean birth.

  • Calming, comforting presence during labor to help you feel at ease.

  • Always available for questions, reassurance, and support, both before birth and postpartum.

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Sara Wegman, MDiv, SBD

Get to know me

I'm a perinatal chaplain, a certified childbirth educator and doula, and a mom. As a doula, I'm passionate about making sure that you feel equipped with information, empowered in your choices, and supported in your birth space. My role is help you make the choices that are right for you and support you physically and emotionally in your birth experience.

My doula and childbirth education training is through Birthing from Within. I love Birthing from Within’s model because they treat birth not only as a physical experience, but also as a deeply emotional one, in which preparation for birth is as much mental and emotional task as physical. As your doula, it’s my honor to support you in both kinds of birth preparation.

I’m especially passionate about trauma-informed care and the movements and positions that can help support physiologic birth, if desired. I’m currently pursuing certification in prenatal yoga and am in the 2026 cohort of the Body Ready Method training.

  • Birth

    Birth as a Heroic Journey: Doula and Childbirth Education Training (Birthing From Within)

    Body-Ready Method: Perinatal Biomechanics (Body Ready Method, Cohort 6, in progress)

    Grounding Techniques for Perinatal Professionals (Dancy Perinatal)

    The Baby's Experience: Understanding the Sequence Embedded at Birth (Karen Strange)

    The Sacred Hour: Tools for Repair (Karen Strange)


    Birth processing

    Birth Story Debriefing (Dancy Perinatal)

    Birth Story Medicine I, II, & III (Birth Story Medicine)

    Perinatal sex and intimacy

    Perinatal Sex and Intimacy for Professionals (Dancy Perinatal)

    Female Sexuality: Pregnancy and Postpartum (Rivka Sidorsky)

    Perinatal biomechanics and fitness

    Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist (Core Exercise Solutions, in progress)

    Pelvis Pro (Core Exercise Solutions, in progress)

    Perinatal Yoga (YogaRenew, in progress)

    Loss

    Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula (Stillbirthday)

    Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss (Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death)

    Perinatal Loss: Clinical and Supportive Care (Postpartum International)

    Grief: A solutions-oriented approach (Institute for Solutions-Focused Therapy)

    Postpartum mental health

    Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care (Postpartum International)

    First Aid and Resuscitation

    Integrative Resuscitation of the Newborn (Karen Strange)


    Other

    Birth Art (Birthing From Within)

    Heart of Mentoring (Birthing from Within)

    Exploring the Labyrinth for Birth  (Birthing From Within)

Packages and pricing

  • You begin receiving support from the moment you sign until after the birth. You’ll receive continuous text support when you need it, so you can ask questions, share concerns, and get recommendations and referals. We’ll also have 2 prenatal sessions before the birth to help you prepare, practice positions, and draft your birth intentions.

    I commit to being on-call for your birth starting at 37 weeks, which means I won’t be traveling outside of the area.

    You’ll let me know when labor begins, and I’ll join you at your chosen birth location during active labor. During the labor I’ll provide continuous physical, emotional, and informational support. I’ll stay for two hours after birth.

  • I charge $2200 for my doula package, which includes:

    • Two prenatal perparation sessions, during which we’ll draft your birth preferences, go over what to expect for birth, practice labor positions, and more;

    • Comitting to being on-call from 37 weeks until baby is born;

    • Continuous labor support starting from active labor through two hours after birth;

    • One postpartum session; and

    • Continuous text support during pregnancy and after birth.

    You’ll also receive access to my client resource library.

    Childbirth education clients can bundle birth classes and labor support for a discount.

  • As a doula, I serve Princeton, Pennington, Hopewell, Lawrence, Plainsboro, West Windsor, and the surrounding areas.

    I am based in Pennington, NJ and am able to drive up to 35 minutes to the birth location. Functionally this means I support Mercer, Hunterdon, and Somerset counties, and Lower Bucks County.

  • Yes! I am very supportive of hospital birth and am able to attend births at any hospital, including Penn Medicine, Capital Health, and Hunterdon Health.

  • Yes! For liability reasons, I can only attend homebirths with a licensed midwife present.

  • I am out-of-network for insurance providers, but can provide an itemized bill with billing codes that you can submit to your insurance for (partial or full) reimbursement, depending on your plan.

  • Yes! I am certified as a doula through the organization Stillbirthday, and am working on a secondary doula certification through Birthing From Within, where I have completed extensive doula training.

Add-on services

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Birth art

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Belly mapping workshop

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Birth story processing & keepsake book

Interested in birth support?

Fill out this form and we’ll set up a free introductory meeting to see if there’s a fit.