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What is a doula? A doula is a trusted woman that provides continuous care from the prenatal to the postpartum period.
Birth Doula - Understand the physiology of birth and emotional needs of a woman in labor; Assist the woman and her partner in preparing for, and carrying out their plans for the birth; Stay by the side of the woman through the entire labor, providing emotional support, physical comfort measures (through massage, guided relaxation, positions to enhance the efficiency of labor), and an objective viewpoint, as well as helping the woman get the information she needs to make informed decisions; Facilitate communication between the laboring woman, her partner, and clinical care providers; Perceive her role as nurturing and protecting the woman's memory of the birth experience; Do not replace the woman's partner, loved ones, or clinical care provider.
- Provides emotional support, reassurance and physical comfort measures to the laboring woman.
- Educates mom and partner of their birthing and parenting choices, empowering them.
- Assists partners to participate in ways that help laboring women.
- Gives information to aid decision making.
Birth Doula - Understand the physiology of birth and emotional needs of a woman in labor; Assist the woman and her partner in preparing for, and carrying out their plans for the birth; Stay by the side of the woman through the entire labor, providing emotional support, physical comfort measures (through massage, guided relaxation, positions to enhance the efficiency of labor), and an objective viewpoint, as well as helping the woman get the information she needs to make informed decisions; Facilitate communication between the laboring woman, her partner, and clinical care providers; Perceive her role as nurturing and protecting the woman's memory of the birth experience; Do not replace the woman's partner, loved ones, or clinical care provider.