Birth doulas provide emotional support, physical comfort, information to assist decision-making and non-medical support that moms and families need during pregnancy and the birth of a baby. As your doula we will stay at your side throughout your entire labor and birth offering back rubs, positioning suggestions, an encouraging word, and information about decisions you will make. We are also there to support your coach, partner, family and friends. When a doula is present during and after childbirth, women report greater satisfaction with their birth experience, make more positive assessments of their babies, have fewer cesareans and requests for medical intervention, and less postpartum depression. Studies have shown that babies born with doulas present tend to have shorter hospital stays with fewer admissions to special care nurseries, breastfeed more easily and have more affectionate mothers in the postpartum period.
Create your Doula Registry today and let your family and friends shower you with the gift of labor support. |
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