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Wilmington · Cape Fear Coast

Birth Doula in Wilmington, NC & the Cape Fear Coast

Steady company for your birth

River Birth Co. is a birth doula practice in Wilmington, NC. Gabrielle Hoeft supports families at hospitals, birth centers and homes within about an hour of Wilmington, from Topsail Island to Sunset Beach, with one $1,200 package from first consultation to postpartum visit.

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Birth by the water Cape Fear doula

Doula care for families in Wilmington and the Cape Fear coast.

We sit beside you through pregnancy, labor and birth. Hospital, birth center or your own bed. Unhurried, informed and on your side.

Meet Gabrielle
Expecting couple resting foreheads together on a wooden dock above a still green river
A newborn's tiny hand holding a parent's finger over a soft blue muslin blanket

Meet Gabrielle, your Wilmington doula

In the slow light of a river morning, a family begins.

Pregnant mother in a white tiered skirt and blue knit top leaning on a weathered fence, partner's hand on her belly
A note from our founder

Welcome. River Birth Co. began with a simple idea: nobody should labor with strangers.

I live here, I love this coast and I know the roads to every birth room from Topsail to Southport. I bring calm, good information and practical hands. You bring your hopes for the day. Together we make a plan that bends when birth does.

I would love to hear your story. Coffee is on me.

Gabrielle Hoeft, Founder & Lead Doula

Our story
Couple holding hands under sunlit trees beside the river, golden light behind them
On call for you

Call or text Gabby with questions any time leading up to labor.

What we offer

Birth doula package: $1,200

One birth doula package, with everything you need from your first conversation to a visit once baby is home.

Virtual consultation, 1 in-person prenatal visit, access to Gabby by phone call and text leading up to labor, in-person labor support at the birthing facility of your choice, and 1 in-person postpartum visit.
Birth doula package and pricing
Mother leaning on a meadow fence
waiting
Blue gingham muslin blanket, knit booties and a lace bonnet laid on an ivory quilt with olive branches
ready
The rhythm of support

How doula support unfolds

  1. 001. Virtual consultation

    We talk through your hopes for birth and see if we are the right fit.

  2. 002. Prenatal visit

    One in-person visit to plan your birth preferences and practice comfort measures.

  3. 003. Phone & text support

    Reach Gabby by call or text with questions leading up to labor.

  4. 004. Labor & birth

    In-person support at the birthing facility of your choice.

  5. 005. Postpartum visit

    One in-person visit after baby arrives to check in and talk through your birth.

Silhouette of a pregnant woman at dusk at the edge of a wooded lake
Leading up to labor

Just a text away.

Questions come at all hours. Leading up to labor you can call or text Gabby, so you never have to wonder alone.

What's included
Gabrielle Hoeft, founder of River Birth Co., by a sunlit lake in the trees
Where we wander

Serving the Cape Fear coast

We attend births in hospitals, birth centers and homes within about an hour of Wilmington, from Topsail Island to Sunset Beach and inland to Burgaw and Whiteville.

Within an hour of Wilmington
New Hanover
Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, Castle Hayne
Brunswick
Leland, Southport, Oak Island, Boiling Spring Lakes, Shallotte, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Calabash
Pender & Onslow
Hampstead, Burgaw, Rocky Point, Surf City, Topsail Beach, Sneads Ferry, Holly Ridge, Jacksonville
Inland
Wallace, Whiteville, Elizabethtown
Hours & contact
Consults
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Studio
Wilmington, by appointment. Open in Maps
Email
riverbirthco@gmail.com
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Questions

Frequently asked

All birth doula questions

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Your little one is on the way. We'll be there.

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