Nourished Roots Doula Services

Deanna delivered the most comforting and delicious meals to me post partum. Not only were the portions generous, they were delicious and wholesome during a time of recovery. It was the perfect gift a new mother could ask for!

No matter how prepared you are, how much research you’ve done, how many prenatal classes you’ve taken & how much rest you’ve taken before birth, nothing can really quite prepare you for the first few weeks of being new parents, especially if you are also recovering from giving birth. I am very thankful that during those most physically, mentally & emotionally challenging weeks, I had access to those delicious meals from Deanna. They were super gentle on my digestive system which was still slowly healing from the pregnancy and birth. My real milk came in on day 4 postpartum as soon as I’ve started her lactation tea. Our baby has gained over 1.5kg by week 4 on breast milk exclusively. I got the option with 4 meals, 1 snack & 1 beverage and that covered my weekdays of lunches and breakfasts. It perfectly complemented the frozen meals we had prepared ourselves as well as my husband’s cooking which created a balanced and diverse postpartum diet. I requested the meals half frozen half ready to eat but I pretty much finished them within each week they were delivered. I loved everything but my favorite is the oat porridge, ginger bone broth congee, sweet potato dal & pumpkin coconut soup. For desserts, I usually don’t like sweet stuff, but I couldn’t resist Deanna’s delicious sweet potato almond butter brownie. Deanna was super communicative & flexible in terms of customizing the service. She also personally delivered the meals, once a week & always on the exact time we agreed on. I cannot recommend Deanna’s postpartum meal service enough!

We would not have made it through the first month at home as easily as we did without the help, support and guidance from Deanna! Not only did she teach us critical things about caring for a newborn, but she was there to support us as new parents and was there day or night to answer questions. She is kind, calm, trustworthy, extremely knowledgeable and we will for sure be using her to support us for kid #2.

Deanna’s first visit was the day after we got home from the hospital. Our time spent there had been incredibly stressful and difficult, and when we got home I felt so lost and broken.The first thing she did was make me some delicious, nourishing food, and I honestly felt like it was bringing me back to life to eat it. It was the first time in a week that I felt better and more like myself again.She has this beautiful way of creating space for whatever you need… if I needed to talk she was there to be supportive and loving, If I needed to sleep or even just cry she would take care of my son so that I had that time.I loved our visits and looked forward to them. She was incredibly helpful in the beginning stages of my healing journey and I’m not sure what I would have done without her!It’s been a couple months now and I still make a lot of the amazing, grounding food she used to make for me.I am forever grateful to her.

This was such a help for the first 2 weeks post pardum. Food was delicious. Packaging was great and portions were generous. Consult call and communication with Deanna was so easy and she was great to accommodate my requests. Thank you!

I had a wonderful experience working with Deanna. She is so good with kids, be it the newborns or the sibling too. She is patient, compassionate and always ready to help. She prepares some awesome postpartum meals. I can’t thank Deanna enough, to be there when I needed some help and support as my parents could not travel.

I have ordered from Deanna multiple times during my postpartum. Food was delicious and very nourishing. She has a variety of menu options to choose from. Thank you Deanna!

For my second babe, I focused a lot more on my postpartum experience, how I needed to be supported and how I wanted to heal and bond with my growing family. From a lot of my readings I realized I wanted to honour the first 40 days or six weeks postpartum, and practice the three 5s - 5 days in the bed, 5 on the bed and 5 around the bed. The main thing I was concerned about was food - what I would be eating, who would be cooking for me, preparing it for me, and how I would balance this all with my 3 year old in tow. After searching postpartum meal delivery service I found Deanna - who read the same books as me and honoured the same ideas for the postpartum period - rest, warm meals, healing and bonding at the forefront. I realized I needed more than delivery and opted to have her in our home for the first six weeks - she came three days a week for the first six weeks and gave me support like I wish all mothers could have. My whole family benefited from this - my partner who was off for a bit of the time and working from home, our toddler and of course my new baby girl. I was able to move at my own pace - resting, healing and bonding with my new babe for the first six weeks. Deanna fed me and my family incredibly nourishing meals, snacks and drinks, which we’d typically have leftovers and had on the days she wasn’t there. My postpartum experience this time around compared to my first was night and day, and although I bawled when she walked out that door on her last day, I’m so thankful to have started on my own with the two babes after six weeks of her support. I expected to feel crazy and exhausted with two babes and instead I had energy and felt empowered and cared for - I still do. I’m just out of the first six weeks and am reflecting with each passing day how special and incredibly helpful Deanna’s support was, and how I will have that with me for the rest of my life. I’m so grateful and thankful I found her!

So grateful I had Deanna as my postpartum doula. Her support was such a vital part of my healing journey. She was always so kind, compassionate, respectful and non-judgemental. I looked forward to her visits as I knew I would always feel more grounded and taken care of after. Through my 6 weeks postpartum, she would come over and help by taking care for my daughter, cooking the most delicious meals/snacks, answering any questions I had as well as so much more. Those few hours made such a difference and completely made my day. It was a tough few weeks for me, where the sleep deprivation was getting me to but Deanna always helpful in looking after my daughter while I got much needed rest. I would highly recommend Deanna as a postpartum doula for anyone looking for the support. ❤️