Doula/Birth Worker

Service Description

The basis of doula care(woman servant), is guidance, which includes offering information, tangible physical assistance, and emotional support. Doula care represents a return to the tradition of one-to-one support during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum period. Labor support includes emotional support, reassurance, and comfort measures( e.g., bath or shower, massage, soothing touch, breathing and relaxation techniques, womb yoga). Doulas are trained to respect the woman's cultural and religious beliefs throughout. Proven benefits of birth doula care are: *decreased medical intervention in labor *reduces need for cesarean by 26% *reduces the need for forceps or vacuum extractors by 41% *reduces use of pain medication by 28% *reduces dissatisfaction with baby by 33% *reduces length of labor 6 weeks after birth, mothers who had postpartum doulas were: *less anxious and depressed *had more confidence with baby *more satisfied with partner *more likely to breastfeed The doula's work and nurturing presence compliment the care that laboring women receive from medical practitioners and that postpartum women receive from their families. Doulas encourage women to trust their bodies and instincts, decreasing fear of the labor process and anxiety of the postpartum period. *Birth Doula Services - $700-1000* *Postpartum Doula Services - $25-35/Hourly (Daytime) $35-45/Hourly (Evening) **Call for your free Doula consultation**