Rootswise
Doula Services
Crystal Lyons, CPD, CCE | Santa Cruz, CA
Holistic Homebirth + Postpartum Doula, Herbalist, Bodyworker, Childbirth Educator
Offerings
"Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have."
-Robin Lim
Postpartum Care
Loving, hands-on physiologic care in your home during the first 6 weeks after birth.
The first 40 days after birth are crucial for a mother’s long-term health and well-being. During this time, rest, warmth and nourishment are essential for a strong recovery. As a postpartum doula, I provide holistic care through being N.E.A.R.: nurturing, educating, assessing, and referring. I hold space for you and your family, creating a peaceful environment for recovery. My services include nutritional and herbal guidance, emotional support, newborn care, partner and sibling support, and self-care rituals like herbal sitz baths and teas. I also offer bodywork, moxibustion, babywearing instruction, breastfeeding guidance, and coordinating care among family and friends, ensuring your family has everything they need during this precious time.
Packages start at $2,000 and include one prenatal visit (2 hours) and seven postpartum visits (4 hours each). During the prenatal I will share education on what to expect during your healing time, manage expectations, and work with you to craft a care plan. This is my starter package, designed to provide essential postpartum support. Longer or fully customized options are available to meet your unique needs. Reach out to discuss a personalized plan that best supports your family’s journey or to inquire about travel live-in care.
Homebirth Support
Continuous care from early labor through the early postpartum hours.
During a homebirth, the midwives are busy! Their focus is on you & your baby's health and safety. Having a doula to focus on your emotional and physical needs is invaluable! I will be with you before the midwives arrive to support you through the beginning of labor, staying until you and baby are tucked into bed, nursing and fed in a tidy home.
My package is $2,000 and includes two prenatal visits (2 hours each) and one postpartum check in visit (2 hours). Additional prenatal childbirth prep sessions can be added if desired. I will be on call for your birth beginning at 37 weeks. Support is also available in a birth center setting. This package may be combined with my extended postpartum care offerings.
Private Coaching
Designed to give you personalized virtual support throughout pregnancy and the early postpartum months. For $200/month or $75 for a single 60-90 minute session, you'll have access to an experienced doula and mother to guide you through the overwhelming amount of information available online, helping you focus on what’s truly important for your journey.
With 1:1 text, phone, and Zoom consultations, I offer evidence-based resources, 24/7 text support (for members), and personalized guidance on everything from early labor decisions to newborn care and postpartum recovery. I also help you plan your birth and postpartum experience, advocate for yourself with confidence, and connect with local providers and resources.
As part of your membership, you'll receive weekly check-ins, support in navigating pregnancy and the first 6 weeks postpartum, and assistance in processing your birth story. Whether you're planning, preparing, or reflecting, I’m here every step of the way—like having a doula in your back pocket!
***Childbirth Education Course Coming in 2025!***
Prenatal Support
My Prenatal Support offerings provide in-person guidance as you prepare for and celebrate your upcoming journey into motherhood. Together, we can create meaningful rituals, including belly casting and a Blessingway ceremony, to honor this special time.
I also offer personalized nutritional and herbal guidance, postpartum planning, and hands-on support, ensuring you feel confident and well-prepared. You’ll receive the same education, consulting, and guidance offered in my virtual services, but with the added benefit of in-person care and connection. Let’s create a nurturing experience tailored to your needs as you enter motherhood with intention and reverence.
$250 per 4 hour session
Insurance Package
I am happily now a credentialed Doula Provider with Medi-Cal, Kaiser, and Health Net able to offer the following package:
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1 initial 90 minute visit (prenatal or postpartum)
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Up to 8 additional 1 hour visits (prenatal or postpartum)
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Support during labor and delivery (including labor and delivery resulting in a stillbirth), abortion or miscarriage
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Up to two extended three-hour postpartum visits after the end of a pregnancy
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With an additional recommendation from a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts, up to nine additional 1 hour postpartum visits may be added for Medi-Cal beneficiaries
This Doula Support Benefit is available free of charge to all Medi Cal, Kaiser, and Health Net recipients up to 12 months after birth. Services may be provided in person or via telehealth. From the Medi Cal website (this information applies to all 3 insurance providers):
"Doulas offer various types of support, including perinatal support and guidance; health navigation; evidence-based education and practices for prenatal, postpartum, childbirth and newborn/infant care; lactation support; development of a birth plan; and linkages to community-based resources. Coverage also includes comfort measures and physical, emotional, and other nonmedical support provided during labor and delivery and for miscarriage and abortion.
The following services for pregnant or postpartum beneficiaries are not covered as Medi-Cal doula services and are not covered under Medi-Cal:
• Belly binding (traditional/ceremonial)
• Birthing ceremonies (i.e., sealing, closing the bones, etc.)
• Group classes on babywearing
• Massage (maternal or infant)
• Still and Video Photography
• Placenta encapsulation
• Shopping
• Vaginal steams
• Yoga
Doula services do not include diagnosis of medical conditions, provision of medical advice, or any type of clinical assessment, exam, or procedure."
Please reach out to schedule a free call and get your questions answered.
Blessings on your journey!
Client love...
"Thank you for all your help during this wild time in our family's lives. Your presence was a wonderful gift and we will remember you fondly. Thanks for being so calming, nurturing, and a great reminder that we can do this!"
~Rebecca
"Having Crystal as our postpartum doula was life changing. When we had our second baby, life got complicated. Having a toddler, postpartum preeclampsia, dad going back to work and grandma leaving town put me in a vulnerable place. She came in and took care of me. She took care of the baby so I could take care of me (ie, sleep and shower). She took care of the house so I could take a break. Really, anything our home needed she could help us with. I think it was really good for my husband and our relationship too. She was flexible and has such a healing way about her. You can tell she has a true passion for helping the new mom through those first few months of their baby’s life. I’m so thankful for Crystal."
~Rachel
"Going into the birth of my second baby, it was important to me to find a lot of support- the kind I didn’t have with my first baby. I hired Crystal to be both my birth doula and postpartum doula and it was the best choice I made when planning for the ultimately healing homebirth and postpartum time I had after an extremely rough first experience.
Crystal came over for my labor and birth and just intuitively knew what to do and made sure all the things I wanted/needed were taken care of. For the postpartum healing time it was so reassuring and relieving to have another mama who had been through it 3x take care of me so I could rest and heal and bond with my baby. There are so many little things that moms do during the day to keep up with a home especially when you have multiple children and to have that burden off me during the postpartum time was invaluable.
Crystal is a wonderful listener and is joyful and such a beautiful presence to have in your space. As a (former) assistant midwife and doula myself I know what it takes to have the wisdom to know how to be with pregnant and postpartum women in that delicate bubble and Crystal definitely has the gift of knowing how to be."
~Ashley
"Highly recommend Crystal! So sweet, friendly, down to help in all aspects of 'after the baby comes home.' Very knowledgeable, and would be fantastic to have in your corner, whether for your first baby, or third (like us!)"
~Leslie
"I'm so happy it worked out for you to be with me in my postpartum time -- it was way crazier than I could have thought & your calm, roots vibes was just what we needed!"
~Joscelyn
Forever my greatest teachers...my 3 sons
