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Doula Service + Birth Support
Doulas are birth professionals dedicated to your overall wellbeing in pregnancy, birth and postpartum. I offer you; birthing wisdom incorporating a variety of preparation approaches , evidence based research, thorough education, pain management, unconditional encouragement and continuous physical labour support in your home and in the hospital.
WHY USE A BIRTH DOULA »
Giving Birth should be your greatest achievement…. not your greatest fear
Support
As your birth doula, I perform different support roles dependant upon your unique needs:
- I have experience and support all types of births including Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC), Twins and Breech births. I work in all environments, including public hospital, private hospitals (with select few OB’s only), birth centres and home births (with a private practice midwife present).
- I Provide evidence based information to enable you to make informed choices.
- Support you during pregnancy, including breath centred pre-natal yoga, birth preparation, and frequent check ins.
- Support you and your partner during the labour in your home and in the hospital.
- Offer Optimal Maternal Positioning which helps your baby settle in positions most helpful for the birthing mother for her labour to progress smoothly and more quickly.
- Connect you to acupuncturists, pregnancy and post natal chiropractic care, womens health physiotherapists, osteopaths, nutritionists, massage therapists and other related support services for women.
Preparation
As preparation for birth, I typically:
- Meet with you multiple times during your pregnancy for Birth Education and preparation and to build our relationship.
- Offer the opportunity for you to practice pregnancy yoga via my LIVE Zoom classes.
- Help you understand all stages of birth, physiologically and emotionally.
- Help you develop a daily practice of tools you will use to work with the intensity of labour.
- Help you develop a clinical care birth plan / preference.
- Help you to understand / navigate hospital procedures.
- Teach you OMP (Optimal Maternal Positioning), breath work, affirmation practice, visualisations, sound and throat opening, active birthing, counter-pressure, massage, acupressure, use of essential oils, calm birthing, hypnobirthing and meditation skills.
- Help you express and store colostrum and understand its importance.
- Help you understand unexpected outcome.
- Help you prepare for a Cesarean Section Birth (planned or unexpected).
- Help you arrange Placenta Encapsulation (if requested).
- Give access to TENS machine hire for The Birth Store with %15 discount code.
- Give you a USB with films, documentaries, parent education classes and educational resources.
- Plan your 4th trimester / post natal period.
Labour
During the labour and birthing process, I do everything I can to honour your birthing wishes. This may include helping you to:
- Settle into and progress your labour in your home.
- Involve and empower your partner (if you have one), to support you.
- Use Optimal Maternal Positioning techniques to help your labour progress smoothly.
- Understand your contraction patterns and progress.
- Relax/progress labour through specialised movement, counter-pressure, rebozo, essential oils, acupressure, affirmation practice and meditation.
- Get into comfortable positions, using water if desired. Use smart rest techniques.
- Get adequate nutrition and fluids and empty your bladder often (this can challenging for some women).
- Choose the right time time to leave for the hospital.
- Understand your options and communicate your preferences to the medical staff.
- Interact and be present with your labour and birth experience.
- Ensure your placenta is packaged ready for encapsulation (if required).
After your Baby is Born
In the Post Natal period / 4th Trimester I can:
- De-brief your birth experience with you (this is crucial for emotional well being).
- Coordinate Ayurvedic meal delivery service via Meals 4 Mummas.
- Answer any questions you may have about care of your new born.
- Ensure Breastfeeding and nipple care are going well.
- Connect you to home visit Lactation Consultant or other services if needed.
- Provide additional home therapy treatments for placenta wound healing and adrenal support, using moxa.
- Gentle Post Natal Restorative Yoga.