Tender Courage Birth & Wellness

Birth & Wellness

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I am thrilled to be offering a sliding scale once again! I feel most aligned when I am able to trust my clients to know what the work means to them financially and, most importantly, what they are able to afford. Overall, I have found for the last 5 years, that sliding scale simply WORKS! Most of us are able to see our financial priviledge or need within a social justice framework. A sliding scale works best when we are each able to reflect on our our personal and unique privileges and challenges and how they relate to those around us.

In that spirit, I will openly tell you that I am a ‘white’ single mother of two with all related privileges and challenges. At this point in time I am on food stamps and have full MassHealth coverage. I do not have any family members to rely on if I were to become injured or could not otherwise make a living. That said, I did not grow up poor, just blue-collar working class.

Here are a few more ways to think about how you can approach placing yourself on this sliding scale. Please do ask any questions you have, especially if you feel confused or uncomfortable with it!

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  • Craniosacral sessions in-office: $85-160 per hour
  • Craniosacral homevisits are largely limited to newborns and their families $130-200 per hour. I will travel up to 45 mins from my home in Turners Falls. These appts need to be scheduled through me by filling out the contact page.
  • Birth and Postpartum Doula: MassHealth accepted for birth and postpartum care! (package options may vary slightly from below based on limitations of coverage). Self-pay contracts are priced by the package or by the hour.
    • Package #1 – The Birth Nest – $2200-$2800
    • Package #2 – After the Hatch – $2500-$3100
    • Package #3 – Fledglings – $3300-$4000
    • Package #4 – The Babymoon – $1600-$2200
    • First Day – 10 hours of care in first 24 hours home – $600-$1000
    • First Week – 5 hours of care for each first 5 days home – $1800-2200
    • Hourly postpartum care – $50-$65 per hour for week days; $85 for weekends and holidays; $100 per hour for overnight care
    • Custom packages available and priced accordingly.
    • Add-ons include: Birth tub rental for early labor or postpartum bathing ritual, private or group childbirth classes, craniosacral sessions, herbal consults, additional hour long-postpartum appointments, additional prenatal appointments or postpartum care on an hourly basis.
  • Herbal Consultations are sliding scale:
    $70-$100 per visit, sliding scale
    $90-$150 initial appointment
  • Please feel free to ask about barter or sliding scale, I will accommodate as I am able)

Payment options:

I accept cash, check, or Venmo @Jessie-Groneman. 

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Tender Courage Community Fund

You are invited to make a contribution to the Tender Courage Community Fund! 

This fund is a small way of making the services offered by Tender Courage accessible to more people in our community. I try to do my part as much as I am able as a single mother of two. I am gratefully able to accept Masshealth doula clients. I offer at least one free session a month (often quite a few more) as my personal contribution, as well as volunteering my skills with the People’s Medicine Project   in past years. I can do additional free treatments with donations to the Community Fund.  A donation of $60 would cover the cost of one bodywork session for a pregnant or postpartum person in need!

Please feel free to inquire if you would like to be a recipient. And please make sure to tell me if you are including a contribution to the Tender Courage Community Fund with your payment and if you have a preference of which service it covers.

Tender Courage Birth and Wellness is located in unceded Pocumtuk territory, serving folks throughout the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts; including Greenfield, Deerfield, Amherst, Northampton, and Easthampton, Holyoke, Springfield and all of the hilltowns surrounding. Also Southern Vermont and Brattleboro area, Southern New Hampshire …. and anywhere on Zoom. The Tender Courage office is in Northampton, Massachusetts.