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When a woman is pregnant, she begins to condition her body and turn her mind inward to prepare for childbirth. Searching for a doula and finding out if having one there with her is right for her birth is just one of the many ways a woman gets ready for her journey.
What is a Doula?
A doula is a woman who is skilled in providing support and encouragement physically and emotionally before, during, and after childbirth. Understanding the physiology of birth and hospital protocol, a doula provides informational support as well as helps the family develop open communication between them and their care providers.
The role of the mother’s primary support person whether it is her husband or her partner can never be replaced, but with a doula that person doesn’t have to worry about what to do or what comes next – they can be present as a parent. Women who have given birth with a doula by their side agree that she helped provide a gentle and more satisfying birth experience.
A Doula’s Role During Childbirth:
What Doulas Don't Do:
It is also important to understand what Doulas do not do. Doulas are not medical professionals nor do they perform any medical tasks such as vaginal exams or delivering the babies. They do not give medical advice or diagnose any conditions. They do not take over the role of the husband or partner. Doulas do not judge you for the decisions you make or let their personal beliefs or bias get in the way of how they support you.
Benefits of Hiring a Birth Doula
As reported by DONA, clinical research illustrates that having a trained doula present at your birth can result in shorter labors and less complications. Mothers also tend to request pain medication less than mothers who labored without trained labor support.
Benefits of Continuous Labor Support by a Birth Doula
What is a Doula?
A doula is a woman who is skilled in providing support and encouragement physically and emotionally before, during, and after childbirth. Understanding the physiology of birth and hospital protocol, a doula provides informational support as well as helps the family develop open communication between them and their care providers.
The role of the mother’s primary support person whether it is her husband or her partner can never be replaced, but with a doula that person doesn’t have to worry about what to do or what comes next – they can be present as a parent. Women who have given birth with a doula by their side agree that she helped provide a gentle and more satisfying birth experience.
A Doula’s Role During Childbirth:
- Give you reassurance
- Suggest position changes
- Create a relaxing environment
- Suggest various pain coping techniques
- Use aromatherapy and hydrotherapy
- Offer words of encouragement
- Guide you through visualizations
- Help you understand the physiology of labor and birth
- Provide soothing touch and massage
- Suggest ways to include your partner
- Advocates for the mother and helps facilitate communication between mother and care provider
- Instill in you the confidence to gain information to give informed consent
- Prepare you for your birth experience through education, open discussion, and providing you with necessary resources
What Doulas Don't Do:
It is also important to understand what Doulas do not do. Doulas are not medical professionals nor do they perform any medical tasks such as vaginal exams or delivering the babies. They do not give medical advice or diagnose any conditions. They do not take over the role of the husband or partner. Doulas do not judge you for the decisions you make or let their personal beliefs or bias get in the way of how they support you.
Benefits of Hiring a Birth Doula
As reported by DONA, clinical research illustrates that having a trained doula present at your birth can result in shorter labors and less complications. Mothers also tend to request pain medication less than mothers who labored without trained labor support.
Benefits of Continuous Labor Support by a Birth Doula
- Mothers experience a more positive birth experience.
- Provides emotional advantages to the mother such as feeling more in control and secure during birth.
- Reduces the duration of labor.
- Increases spontaneous vaginal birth and successful breast-feeding.
- Reduces the use of interventions such as the use of epidural anesthesia or other analgesic, oxytocin, forceps, vacuum extraction or cesarean.
- Reduces complications with mother and baby.
- Reduces anxiety levels and postpartum depression.
Our Unique Birth Doula Services
Our mission as your Doula
As your doula, we honor and support your journey from a loving, compassionate, and nonjudgmental place. We are a constant trusted presence throughout your labor and birth. We are there to provide emotional and physical support and help you realize the strength and wisdom of your body. We hold a sacred space for your birth to unfold and help to facilitate an environment that can help you open to your baby’s birth and the birth of you as a mother.
Our Unique Services
At the Womb Wellness Center the initial meeting is free. The initial meeting is for the parents and the doula to decide whether it is a good fit. Then, there are three prenatal visits. These allow everyone to become comfortable with each other. During these visits, the doula becomes aware of your hopes and wishes for your birth experience and helps you prepare for the birth of your baby.
A doula is there throughout the pregnancy to assist you in finding the answers to questions through telephone or email. When your labor starts, the support begins when you're ready. Some women prefer phone contact for early labor and other favor the personal contact as soon as possible. Throughout your birthing process, the doula helps you as needed with position changes, massage, visualization, hydrotherapy, rest, and breathing.
She is there with you each step of the way, as each surge comes and goes, and as you work to bring your baby from your womb to your arms. Immediately after the birth, the doula stays with you for a short while as you transition into motherhood. She helps get you settled and comfortable into your space and then quietly takes her leave for you to bond with your new family.
You can view our Doulas's Bios Here
As your doula, we honor and support your journey from a loving, compassionate, and nonjudgmental place. We are a constant trusted presence throughout your labor and birth. We are there to provide emotional and physical support and help you realize the strength and wisdom of your body. We hold a sacred space for your birth to unfold and help to facilitate an environment that can help you open to your baby’s birth and the birth of you as a mother.
Our Unique Services
At the Womb Wellness Center the initial meeting is free. The initial meeting is for the parents and the doula to decide whether it is a good fit. Then, there are three prenatal visits. These allow everyone to become comfortable with each other. During these visits, the doula becomes aware of your hopes and wishes for your birth experience and helps you prepare for the birth of your baby.
A doula is there throughout the pregnancy to assist you in finding the answers to questions through telephone or email. When your labor starts, the support begins when you're ready. Some women prefer phone contact for early labor and other favor the personal contact as soon as possible. Throughout your birthing process, the doula helps you as needed with position changes, massage, visualization, hydrotherapy, rest, and breathing.
She is there with you each step of the way, as each surge comes and goes, and as you work to bring your baby from your womb to your arms. Immediately after the birth, the doula stays with you for a short while as you transition into motherhood. She helps get you settled and comfortable into your space and then quietly takes her leave for you to bond with your new family.
You can view our Doulas's Bios Here
Our Doula Services include:
Initial Consultation:
This allows us a chance to me meet and become familiar with one another, answer questions, and to find out if we are a good fit.
Two Prenatal Doula Meetings:
We meet to discuss your birth preferences, birth preparation, pain coping techniques, and to spend more time getting to know one another.
Providing Continuous Physical and Emotional Support During your Birth:
We mother the mother within you and help your birth partner to be fully present to support you.
Postpartum Doula Visit:
We will discuss and recap the birth experience and help you get adjusted as a family by providing assistance with necessary resources.
This allows us a chance to me meet and become familiar with one another, answer questions, and to find out if we are a good fit.
Two Prenatal Doula Meetings:
We meet to discuss your birth preferences, birth preparation, pain coping techniques, and to spend more time getting to know one another.
Providing Continuous Physical and Emotional Support During your Birth:
We mother the mother within you and help your birth partner to be fully present to support you.
Postpartum Doula Visit:
We will discuss and recap the birth experience and help you get adjusted as a family by providing assistance with necessary resources.
FAQs
If I hire a Doula do I need to take a Childbirth Education Class also?
We highly encourage you take a childbirth preparation class as our prenatal doula meetings are not designed to take the place of a class. We have experience working with women and couples who use a wide variety of childbirth preparation courses.
We have assisted women who have attended Birthing From Within, Hypnobirthing, Hypnobabies, Lamaze, Bradley Method, and a wide variety of private and hospital based childbirth education classes.
Do you offer Postpartum Doula Services?
Many of our birth doulas also offer postpartum doula support. Click here to learn about the benefits of hiring a postpartum doula for in home support after your birth.
We offer virtual Zoom consults for our doula clients. Contact us to schedule your FREE doula consultation! Click the link below to fill out our doula availability form.
If I hire a Doula do I need to take a Childbirth Education Class also?
We highly encourage you take a childbirth preparation class as our prenatal doula meetings are not designed to take the place of a class. We have experience working with women and couples who use a wide variety of childbirth preparation courses.
We have assisted women who have attended Birthing From Within, Hypnobirthing, Hypnobabies, Lamaze, Bradley Method, and a wide variety of private and hospital based childbirth education classes.
Do you offer Postpartum Doula Services?
Many of our birth doulas also offer postpartum doula support. Click here to learn about the benefits of hiring a postpartum doula for in home support after your birth.
We offer virtual Zoom consults for our doula clients. Contact us to schedule your FREE doula consultation! Click the link below to fill out our doula availability form.
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Birth Doula Service Rates
Doula Consultation is Free Two Doula Meetings, Birth Support, and a Postpartum Follow up $800.00 - $1250.00 We believe everyone should have the opportunity to have a Doula. Payment plans are available and along with the option to meet with newer doulas in training who are offering a lower rate for their services. Please call or e-mail to see what we can work out for you. We ask that the payment be received in full by 36 weeks gestation. It’s better to have the finances covered and in place so that your birthing experience and our relationship stays relaxed and as smooth as possible. |
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