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About Doula Care
What is a Doula?
A doula supports women and their families in achieving the birth that they desire.
Doulas attend births in homes, hospitals, and birthing centers.
A doula provides continuous physical comfort, emotional support, and information to families during childbirth.
A doula does not replace the partner's role in childbirth. She supports the partner to love and encourage the laboring mother.
A doula supports the woman's decisions and does not force her own viewpoint.
What Benefits Are There to Having a Doula?
 Having a Doula at your birth has been proven to make the process easier, safer, less painful and faster!
- Need for Forceps
| 40% decrease |
- Cesarean Rate
| 50% decrease |
- Epidural Requests
| 60% decrease |
- Pain Medication
| 30% decrease |
- Length of Labor
| 25% decrease |
How your partner benefits:
Remember, this is a special time for you and your partner. Your partner most likely does not have specialized training in assisting a woman through labor. You need your partner to be there emotionally for you, holding your hand and reassuring you, not trying to give physical comfort. Why should your partner be stressed and worried about being able to adequately assist you in labor? Your partner will already be anxious and worried about whether you and the baby will get through labor safely. If you have 16, 24, or 36 hour labor, how is your partner going to assist you after birth, and help take care of your new baby when exhausted? You are going to need rest. You will need your partner even more after birth. This alone is a good reason to hire a Doula.
 Why use a Doula?Birth is one of the most important days of your life. A Doula helps you labor with less stress, more comfort, and speedier progress.
Which would you choose, A or B?
A. Be in labor with a nurse you don't know, who may have to take care of more than one patient, and spends most of the time charting your progress. Your partner, possibly watching TV or the monitors constantly, pacing, asking every five minutes if you are ok, sleeping, eating meals, saying he wished he was playing golf, giving you a ten minute massage and saying his hands hurt, or you trying to tell him where to massage and he just can't get the right spot. Family members coming in and out when you are in pain or trying to rest.
B. Be in labor with a Doula you have already met, who takes care of only you, continuously massages your back, hips, neck, shoulders, head and feet, using hot stones and hot packs where you are uncomfortable; answers questions immediately; keeps the room peaceful with soft music, aromatherapy,and dim lights; speaks in a calm low voice and encourages others to do the same; keeps family members in the waiting area if you desire; encourages partner to sleep and eat as needed; shows partner how to help, and gives partner a massage if needed, so you will both have a positive birth experience.
What if I Plan on Having an Epidural?
A doula can still play an important role in the delivery and birth. You will
need continuous physical and emotional support until & after you receive the
epidural. Once you receive your epidural, the doula helps with positioning to
keep the labor progressing, relaxation techniques, support for the partner,
answering questions, pushing, and initial breast-feeding.
Doula Care Packages
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Premium |
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$700.00 |
$750.00 |
$900.00 |
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Initial Visit
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| Complimentary Consultation |
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| "About Your Birth" take home form |
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1st Visit
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| Relaxation Techniques |
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| Pregnancy Massage |
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2nd Visit
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| Discuss Birth Plan |
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| Discuss Questions & Birthing Options |
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| Pregnancy Massage |
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3rd Visit
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| Labor Preparation |
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| Labor Preparation Massage |
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Private Childbirth Class
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| 4 Hours |
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Labor & Delivery
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| Available for your labor. (Even in the middle of the night!) |
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| Continuous Emotional & Physical Support |
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Postpartum
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| Help with breastfeeding (if necessary) |
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| Discuss Birth |
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| Postpartum Massage 1.5 - 2 Hours |
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| Infant Massage (give & teach) |
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