Doula Services
As a mother-to-be, you have the wonderful and awesome responsibility of bringing new life into the world. What a privilege, and what a joy! Congratulations!
Throughout motherhood, you’ll be faced with a series of choices and opportunities. Time and time again, you’ll find yourself weighing your options, and making the choice that you feel is best for your child and your family. Pregnancy and birth are no different. And like many other transitional periods in life, you will be transformed by your birth, one way or the other.
My role as a “doula,” or professional labor assistant, is to help you in your pregnancy as you plan your birth, and to act as a labor support coach during the actual labor and birth. I provide information resources based upon your particular goals before the birth, and physical comfort measures and emotional support during the labor and birth itself. I do not tell you where to birth, what kind of birth to have, or what medical procedures are right for you. Rather, I help you explore your options and come to a place of comfort and peace regarding your birth expectations, and then assist you as you undertake one of life’s most precious experiences!
Mothers who use doulas have:
- C-sections reduced by 50%
- Length of labor reduced by 25%
- Pitocin use reduced by 40%
- Use of narcotics reduced by 30%
- Forceps reduced by 30%
- Epidurals reduced by 60%
- Improved breastfeeding
- Increased time spent with baby
- Decreased postpartum depression
(from Mothering the Mother by Kennel, Kennel and Klaus)
If you think the one on one support and encouragement provided by sensitive doula care might be right for your hospital, birth center, or home birth, contact me to schedule an interview. For now, I am only taking one private doula client per month. I will attend hospital or birth center births in or near Chapel Hill, NC, and will attend homebirths or birth center births within an approximate 90 mile radius of Carrboro, NC.
Coming Soon: Childbirth education services.