Benefits of having a Doula In the Room
Whether you chose to have a partner, family member or friend at your delivery a Doula can be a fantastic addition to the birth team. I am here to provide comfort, and guidance as you need me. You are my focus as the room focuses on your delivery. Aiding in comfort tasks like pillows, walking, laboring techniques, massage and stretches while you labor. Helping you advocate for your birth plan with doctors, nurses and midwives when appropriate and facilitating smooth transitions when the birth plan may change and keeping you informed the whole way. Everyone involved has a role to play and having a Doula can enhance the role of your partner, parent, friends by allowing them to be fully present with you so they don’t miss a moment by your side. Chose to have me as support up until your birth with movement education and body work, as your birth photographer, as your Doula in the room during delivery or any combination of the three. You are in control of your birth journey and I am here to guide you in any way that feels right.
Benefits of a virtual Doula
Having a virtual Doula is a unique experience only available to us in the modern age. Gain knowledge and information about birth practices. Create a birth plan specific to you that encompasses your intentions as a mother. You don’t need a Doula in the room to have all the benefit work with me leading up to birth with your chosen support. Foster a deeper connection with your partner in your birth by utilizing proven evidence backed techniques to reduce fear, pain and anxieties. Be prepared to tap into your deepest strength and enjoy a joy filled, empowered Birth.
An article on the science behind birth outcomes and Doula support from the National library of medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647727/
Services
Birth Doula Package : pregnancy support, helping set up your birth plan and attending your birth to hold space, be a support and take care of the minutia so that you can focus on what’s most important. ( Home birth, Birth center and Hospital births included)
Pregnancy Massage
Movement re-education for abdominals, Pelvic floor and hips.
Birth Photography
payment plans available
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““Doula-assisted mothers were four times less likely to have a low birth weight (LBW) baby, two times less likely to experience a birth complication involving themselves or their baby, and significantly more likely to initiate breastfeeding””
