Dorah Andrade, postpartum doula, smiling in front of San Francisco City Hall

Dorah Andrade

Postpartum Doula & Newborn Care Specialist

Compassionate, professional postpartum and newborn care for families across the San Francisco Bay Area. Dedicated to helping parents feel supported, confident, and rested during one of life’s most important transitions.

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Every Family Deserves Gentle Support

Dorah provides compassionate newborn and postpartum care, helping parents feel confident while giving babies a safe, calm, and nurturing start.

Welcoming a new baby is one of life’s greatest joys, but it can also be overwhelming. Dorah provides compassionate postpartum support, newborn care, and overnight assistance, helping families adjust with confidence, peace of mind, and personalized care.

Every family is unique. Dorah creates routines tailored to each household, promoting healthy sleep habits, newborn development, and a calm environment where both parents and babies can thrive.

Services

  • A newborn’s tiny hand resting on a soft blanket

    Newborn Care

    Gentle, personalized newborn care, including feeding support, diapering, soothing, bathing, swaddling, and healthy daily routines.

  • Dorah beside a sleeping newborn under a soft red night light

    Overnight Care

    Rest peacefully while your baby receives safe, attentive, and experienced overnight care.

  • A mother holding her newborn close against her chest

    Postpartum Support

    Compassionate postpartum support focused on recovery, confidence, and a smooth transition into parenthood.

Why families choose Dorah!

Compassionate, experienced, and personalized care that helps families feel confident, supported, and at peace.

  • Experienced Postpartum Doula

    Providing compassionate guidance and hands-on support to help families navigate the postpartum journey with confidence and peace of mind.

  • Specialized in Newborn Care

    Experienced in newborn feeding, soothing, swaddling, bathing, diapering, and establishing healthy daily routines from the very beginning.

  • Overnight Support Available

    Helping parents rest while ensuring newborns receive safe, attentive, and nurturing care throughout the night.

Some Experiences

Dorah has provided professional newborn and postpartum care for families throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, supporting parents from many cultural backgrounds.

  • Fremont Indian Family 11 months
  • Sunnyvale American Family 13 months
  • Sunnyvale Japanese Family 2 months
  • San Francisco American Family 2 months
  • San Jose American Family with Twins 6 months
  • Santa Clara Arabic Family 4 months
  • San Mateo Chinese Family 3 months

References upon request

Dorah’s newborn son asleep in a brown monkey hat and blue mittens
Dorah’s own son as a newborn
Dorah in navy scrubs and a face mask, holding a sleeping swaddled newborn

About Dorah

Meet Dorah

Dorah Andrade is a Brazilian postpartum doula with nursing education and years of hands-on experience caring for newborns and supporting families during the postpartum journey.

She has worked with American, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Arab and other families throughout the Bay Area, always providing compassionate, respectful, and individualized care.

Her mission is to help parents feel confident while ensuring babies receive safe, loving, and developmentally appropriate care.

Qualifications

  • Nursing Education – Brazil
  • California Doula Certificate
  • Newborn Care Specialist
  • Experience with Twins
  • Overnight Care
  • Postpartum Recovery Support
  • Newborn Development
  • Sleep Routine Guidance
  • Bottle & Breastfeeding Support
  • Fluent Portuguese
  • Fluent Spanish
  • Basic English
  • Vaccinated

Contact

Contact details coming soon.