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OUR SERVICES
What is my role?
As a birth doula, I will accompany you during your birth to help ensure a satisfying birth experience. I will help provide you and your partner with emotional, physical, and informational support, help communicate your needs and wants to your birth attendants and assist in providing you with education to aide in informed decisions about your birth.
I can provide massage, relaxation and visualization techniques, suggestions for positioning including the birth ball, hot and cold packs, help with backache and back labor pain, music, acupressure, and other client specific needs. I am independent and self-employed. As your doula, I work for you, not your caregiver or hospital.
WHAT TO EXPECT @ PRENATAL MEETING
Although we will have gotten to know each other during our initial meeting, I prefer to meet with you and your partner at least once more prior to labor. At this meeting, we can fine-tune any preparation for your birth, including logistics and specific concerns you may have. This meeting typically lasts between 1-2 hours.
What is the Parents role?
• Honest communication of medical conditions or emotional situations that may affect your birth experience.
• Contact by phone or E-mail following each visit to your prenatal health care provider.
• Contact by phone regarding any hospital admittance or non-routine medical testing.
• At least one week’s notice in scheduling antepartum and postpartum visits and any additional services.
When You Are in Labor:
I prefer that you call me even if you only think you are going into labor or are unsure if you are going into labor. I can answer questions and make suggestions over the phone. We can then decide if I should come to you immediately or wait for further change. I usually need approximately 60-90 minutes to get to you from the time you request that I come. We will also decide whether to meet at your home or at the hospital. I will remain with you throughout active labor and birth. If, due to extraordinary circumstances, I am unable to be with you, my back-up doula will come. In addition, because of the specialized birth classes I teach, there are times when my back-up will come for a portion of the birth while I teach (although I make births a priority and do what I can to have class covered instead). I may also call my back-up if your labor proceeds longer than 24 hours and I believe it is in your best interest to have a change in birth support.
After Birth:
I will remain with you for 1-2 hours after the birth to make sure you are settled and comfortable. I can also help you initiate breastfeeding. I will be available to you by phone for up to two weeks after your birth. During these two weeks, we will schedule a postpartum appointment to review the birth, admire the baby, and I can answer any questions and obtain your feedback.
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