About Doulas
Why do I want a Doula? (See also Doulas and Dads)
Doulas are professionals, trained to provide support before, during, and after delivery. Doulas can help your experience be as natural as possible, minimizing pain and the need for drugs. Doulas provide emotional, informational and physical support for natural births, medicated births and cesarean births.
Doulas are professionals, trained to provide support before, during, and after delivery. Doulas can help your experience be as natural as possible, minimizing pain and the need for drugs. Doulas provide emotional, informational and physical support for natural births, medicated births and cesarean births.
FAQ's
Q: What is a Doula?
A: A doula is a trained and experienced professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during, and just after birth.
Q: Does having a Doula really make a difference?
A: Statistics show that the presence of a Doula shortens the labour time, decreases the need for medications, and helps to minimize pain.
Q: Do I need a Doula if my husband will be there to support me?
A: Yes. Both are important. And both have different roles. Dads are needed for producing natural oxytocin to take the pain away. Dads are needed to show love and encouragement. Doulas are needed for mentoring and massaging and other comfort measures.
Q: Do Doulas help mom and baby to get started on breastfeeding?
A: If mom is wanting to breastfeed, the doula will stay until baby is latched on and comfortably feeding. The first breast milk mom has is called colostrum and is packed with nutrients and extremely healthy for your new born baby.
Q: Do I need a doula if this is not my first baby?
Experience has taught me that all moms need a doula's care. The mom having her first baby and the mom having her third or even eighth baby. I have also experienced first hand that dads and doulas work great together to make mom's birth story an exceptional one.
Q: What is a Doula?
A: A doula is a trained and experienced professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during, and just after birth.
Q: Does having a Doula really make a difference?
A: Statistics show that the presence of a Doula shortens the labour time, decreases the need for medications, and helps to minimize pain.
Q: Do I need a Doula if my husband will be there to support me?
A: Yes. Both are important. And both have different roles. Dads are needed for producing natural oxytocin to take the pain away. Dads are needed to show love and encouragement. Doulas are needed for mentoring and massaging and other comfort measures.
Q: Do Doulas help mom and baby to get started on breastfeeding?
A: If mom is wanting to breastfeed, the doula will stay until baby is latched on and comfortably feeding. The first breast milk mom has is called colostrum and is packed with nutrients and extremely healthy for your new born baby.
Q: Do I need a doula if this is not my first baby?
Experience has taught me that all moms need a doula's care. The mom having her first baby and the mom having her third or even eighth baby. I have also experienced first hand that dads and doulas work great together to make mom's birth story an exceptional one.