Meet Kourtney
DONA International Certified Postpartum Doula. Hampton, NH and the Seacoast.
There is a particular kind of loneliness that lives in the early weeks after a baby arrives. I know it. That is why I do this work.
The visitors have gone home. The flowers have wilted. Everyone assumes you're finding your footing, and you don't want to tell them that you're drowning in the most beautiful and terrifying thing that has ever happened to you. I became a postpartum doula because I believe the fourth trimester, those raw and tender weeks after birth, deserves the same reverence we give to pregnancy and labor. We prepare so carefully for the birth. We take the classes, pack the bag, write the birth plan. And then the baby arrives, and suddenly no one is asking how you are. Not really. Not in the way that means something.
I ask in the way that means something. My name is Kourtney Vanasse. I'm a DONA International Certified Postpartum Doula based in Hampton, New Hampshire, and I serve families across the Seacoast region. DONA certification means I've completed rigorous training in postpartum care, infant feeding, emotional health after birth, and newborn development. It means I hold myself to a standard of practice that protects your family and honors this time in your life.
But credentials are only part of who I am. What I bring to your door is something harder to put into a certificate: the ability to walk into a room and read it. To know when you need someone to take the baby, when you need someone to just sit with you, and when you need to say something out loud that you haven't said to anyone else yet. I hold space for all of it.
I believe that being cared for is not a luxury. It is a necessity. It is how mothers heal, how babies thrive, how families find their rhythm. My work is to create the conditions for that to happen, one visit at a time.
I'm so glad you're here.
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DONA International Certified
Postpartum Doula certification through DONA International, the world's leading doula training organization.
Newborn Care
Trained in safe sleep practices, feeding support, newborn soothing techniques, and infant development.
Perinatal Mood Support
Trained to recognize, support, and appropriately refer families experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Lactation Support
Support for breastfeeding, formula feeding, and combination feeding without judgment or pressure.
Postpartum Nutrition
Knowledge of restorative, healing foods and in-home meal preparation for recovering mothers.
CPR Certified
Current CPR and first aid certification for both infants and adults.
Care without conditions.
What I bring to your door is something harder to put into a certificate: the ability to walk into a room and read it. To know when you need someone to take the baby, when you need someone to just sit with you. What you need on a Tuesday morning may be entirely different from what you needed on Sunday afternoon. I understand that.
I hold space without filling it unnecessarily. I offer information without overwhelming you. And I keep the atmosphere in your home light, steady, and warm, because that steadiness passes from me to you to your baby.
Presence Over Protocol
Every family receives my genuine attention, not a checklist. I respond to you, not to a script.
Honored, Not Instructed
You are the authority on your family. My role is to support, inform, and hold, never to direct or judge.
Nourished in Every Way
Physical recovery, emotional wellbeing, and practical support all belong together. I treat them that way.
Sanctuary, Not Service
A visit from me should feel like a breath. That's the standard I hold for every home I enter.
Let's talk about your fourth trimester.
A complimentary consultation is free and carries no obligation. I'd love to hear about your family.
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