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Leona Smith

Mama Leona’s Perinatal Care

Pawtucket, RI   Service range 14 miles

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Birth Fee

Not specified

Postpartum Rate

Not specified

Black Doula

Birth Fee

Not specified

Postpartum Rate

Not specified


Birth Doula Experience

3 years and 4 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience

1 years


Doula Training

  • Commonsense Childbirth Institute, June 2022

Type of practice: Solo practice

Clients per month: 2 to 5 births and 1 to 3 postpartum families

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals

Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers

Attends home births? Any Home Birth


Special Services Offered

  • Abortion support
  • Antepartum doula support
  • Overnight postpartum support
  • Satellite doula (for remote and rural clients)
  • Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)

Training Documentation

credential


Service Area

Pawtucket, RI Service range 14 miles

Client Testimonials for Leona Smith

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Emily Karagozian

7/1/2026

We are so grateful for the care, support, and peace of mind Leona gave our family. Having someone so attentive and nurturing care for our four-month-old overnight made an incredible difference during a season when rest felt impossible to find.

From the very beginning, she was warm, dependable, and deeply intuitive with our baby’s needs. She treated our little one with such gentleness and patience, and it was clear she truly cared—not just about sleep and routines, but about creating a calm, safe environment.

Knowing our baby was in such capable and loving hands allowed us to finally get meaningful rest and wake up feeling refreshed and reassured. Her presence brought comfort, confidence, and support to our whole family.

We cannot recommend her highly enough to any family looking for overnight postpartum or infant care. She was truly amazing, and we feel incredibly lucky to have had her support.

 

Hillary

10/30/2025

We had the pleasure of working with Leona as our overnight doula and she was an absolute gift to our family. From the first night, she brought a sense of calm, confidence, and warmth into our home. She is incredibly knowledgeable about infant care, sleep, feeding, and soothing techniques, and she always truly felt like family during her time with us.

She had the most nurturing presence with our newborn and we always felt completely at ease knowing he was in her care, which is something priceless in those early, exhausting months. She was consistently punctual, professional, and reliable, and she went above and beyond to ensure both our baby and us as parents felt supported. The gift of sleep was the most transformational aspect of our post partum experience.

She helped us get the rest we desperately needed and we woke up each morning  after her care feeling refreshed, confident, and more capable. Her support was truly invaluable.

We are endlessly grateful for Leona during such an important time. Anyone that has the opportunity to work with Leona is exceptionally lucky. We cannot recommend her highly enough and would go through those early newborn days without her. 

Birth Availability for Leona Smith

= Available. Calendar last updated: 05-08-2026

Postpartum Availability for Leona Smith

= Available. Calendar last updated: 05-08-2026

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