Anticipating how
much doula support before baby comes can be challenging, but we can customize your plan with some suggestions about timing, pricing, and scheduling.
Not exact matches
After a friends wonderful experience with a
doula during a rough labor, Alex realized how
much support women need throughout pregnancy and labor.
Now, the term
doula encompasses so
much more than simply birth
support, and extends to going into the family's home and helping the entire family adjust to life with a newborn.
Postpartum
Doula support is essential so you can get the
much deserved rest you need.
Imagine how
much patient satisfaction would increase if the
doula were recognized by the hospital as a professional
support person, someone who compliments the professional medical staff charged with caring for the health of the pregnant person and their baby.
Portland is rich with breastfeeding resources and as postpartum
doulas we seek to work collaboratively with all your healthcare providers so that both moms and babies can receive as
much breastfeeding
support as needed to achieve success.
In addition to being a CBI trainer and her
doula practice, Grace facilitates a peer - to - peer
support group for those recovering from birth trauma, homeschools two of her children and laughs as
much as possible.
We could not have asked for a more positive birth experience and know that
much of this is because of High Country
Doula's
support to our family.
You'll need all the help you can get this month as your body mends and you adjust to life with baby — so try to baby yourself too as
much as you can by eating right, getting rest and enlisting
support from family, friends and maybe even paid professionals (studies show that
doulas and lactation consultants can help moms bond with baby and breastfeed).
As a postpartum
doula, my role is to come alongside you in the hospital after the birth or in your home, to
support you as parents so you can nurture your newborn, to allow you
much needed sleep by helping in practical ways, to teach you skills so you can grow in confidence in your role and to encourage you in this beautiful and important task you are undertaking as the parents of a precious individual!
It's unlike anything else offered in the Triangle, and it's so
much more than
doula support, alone.
My love and passion for my
doula work continued to grow as I went through the transition to new parenthood myself and realized how
much having
support and community truly meant.
Birth education prepares and equips you so you are ready to face the joy and challenges of labor and beyond The knowledge and practice you will get from a birth class will make a
doula that
much more valuable to your labor
support team.
On the other hand, the
doula is there to help mom through labor, to ease the pains (as
much as she can), and to provide sisterly
support to mom.
Much of the work and
support that
doulas provide is done before labor ever starts.