Rise and Blossom Perinatal, LLC
Meredith Lemek, Certified Perinatal Doula
Mission: Offering strength based, trauma informed perinatal care with the goal to increase maternal and child health outcomes by advocating, empowering, and encouraging the people and families I serve.
Vision: By seeing and valuing the strengths of individuals and their families along their perinatal journey, I see a future of thriving families raising powerful and healthy children.
Insurance covered prenatal, postpartum, and birth work support.
About Me
Hi there! My name is Meredith Lemek. I am a URI graduate, holding a Bachelors of Science in Health Studies. My favorite thing to do is be outside, whether it’s hiking, gardening, hanging out at the beach or walking my dog. I strive to build meaningful relationships with those I serve, creating a trusting, non judgemental, safe environment of care. I have always had a passion for public health, and years ago discovered that my focus lies in maternal and infant health, driving me to become a Certified Perinatal Doula. In this role, my focus is to help families throughout their perinatal journey to feel prepared, confident and ready for their transition to parenting. This includes supporting families with creating plans for labor and birth, infant care, self care, alone time, activities of daily life and more. My goal is to provide families with the tools they need to have as positive of an experience as possible so they can focus on enjoying themselves, their baby and their family. By empowering the families that I serve, I hope to work towards increased health outcomes for birthing people and their families.
What is a Doula?
A doula is a non-medical support person who provides emotional, physical, and educational support to those who are expecting, experiencing labor, or have recently given birth. Their purpose is to help people have a safe, memorable, and empowering birthing experience. Doulas provide evidence based information to help birthing people and their families make informed decisions regarding care.
Why choose a doula?
Evidence Based
Positive Perinatal Experience
Family Centered Support
Services
- Transition to parenting
- Parenting information
- Bonding and connection
- Strength based support
- Self care
Insurance coverage:
Insurances covering doula care include Medicaid, Tufts Health Plan, United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI and Neighborhood Health Plan of RI. For most insurances, services covered include 3 prenatal visits, labor and delivery, and 3 postpartum visits.
