DOULA SUPPORT

Your Doula, even in the presence of any medical abnormalities, warning signs or unexpected situations, will remain a calm sounding board, making every effort to encourage you in your decisions on behalf of the health and well being of both mom and baby, in the best interest of your family. Your Doula will be your own personal “Positive Encouragement and Praise” factory, lavishing encouragement and praise on you every step of the way, thus building your confidence in your ability to continue to labor in your own unique way. True encouragement brings a deep satisfaction and enables you to “let go” and “give in” to your birth process. Consistency lessens worry and tension and fear of the unknown, thereby also lessening the perceptions of the strong sensations that most often accompany labor.  Your Doula’s fully available encouragement in supporting your choices, should the events of your labor and birth not occur as you may have anticipated, goes a long way when reflecting on and processing the events surrounding your very special birth.

Your Doula’s experience and knowledge about the normality of the birth process, no matter what the setting, will bring a sense of peace to the uncertainties that accompany childbirth.  Your well experienced, highly trained, certified Doula is one with a broad knowledge of the normal processes of birth, who has experienced birth several times herself and has encountered various other scenarios firsthand in supporting other laboring couples and through training simulations. You can rest assured that your Doula is available and willing to share all resources available to help you have the best possible understanding of what you might expect to encounter in labor and will be able to help with various comfort and coping techniques.

Although there are no guarantees in the pregnancy/labor/birth process, hiring a Doula who supports your individual hopes and desires for this very special time, ensures that you have made the fullest commitment and given yourselves the very best opportunity of having the most positive and empowering birth experience possible. Your Doula will always be available for a phone conversation or visit throughout early labor and will remain with you throughout active/late stage labor, birth and in the immediate hours postpartum, giving you added security especially when dealing with the unfamiliarity of the birth process and modern obstetric and hospital practices. Security in the kind of care you will receive is heightened with the use of a Doula because you are assured there is at least one person on your birth team who is specifically devoted to you and your spouse/partner and your specific needs/wellbeing at all times.