| Consultation
(Free) (1-3 hours) |
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Qualifications,
philosophy of birth, what you can expect from me
Fees and Payment Plans
Your history, your mother's birth history
What kind of birth you want, expect, who will be there, who won't
Your birth location, provider, information
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| 1st
pre-natal meeting (1-2 hours) |
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Sign Contract
for Doula Services
Watch Birth
Videos
Learn more
about your history
Talk about labor physiology, general caregiver procedures
Watch birth videos
Talk about you and your partner, how you can prepare for birth together
Start making a birth plan
Discuss what to take to the hospital
Do positions for comfort during the last 3 months
Practice Birth-Prep Exercises
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| 2nd
Pre-natal Meeting (1-2 hours): |
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Positions
for labor
Pre-birth excercises
Finalize Birth
Plan
Discuss post-partum
plans for mom and dad
Discuss any lingering hopes, thoughts, doubts, or questions
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** A TENS UNIT is Available for Interested Women/ Couples**
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Early Labor
* I can come to your HOME in EARLY LABOR (optional)
* Establish comfort, relax, get into a good labor rhythm
* Take YOUR TIME
* Make sure this is real, active labor
Hospital/ Birth Center
At a time you feel is appropriate, we move to the hospital.
Active Labor
-I assist the mother and/ or her partner/ the dad with…
* Breathing,Relaxation
* Unconditional Encouragement for what YOU need, want
* Massage
* Position changes
* Relaxation
* Aromatherapy
* Music
* Imagery
* General Needs (water, toilet, cooling…) - CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED.
A dehydrated woman does not do well in labor. A woman who holds back from
the toilet will hinder her body's efforts to expel the child. I help you
drink water and go to the toilet, physically and by reminding.
**Hospital/ Birth Place communication**
Understanding what the staff are saying, encouraging them to communicate
with You, encouraging YOU to communicate with them about what is happening,
what your preferences are, what the birth staff need or want to do to
facilitate your baby's birth.
Whatever feels appropriate
to YOU, IN YOUR LABOR, IS WHAT WE DO. (YOU are the one who is experiencing
YOUR labor. None of us makes decisions for you. You decide, we support.)
**-I encourage a gentle, natural, mother-directed pushing stage whenever
possible. I do not endorse forced pushing. Rather, the father and mother
work together (The father or partner encouraging the mother) to gently
bring the new human being into the outside world as you deem best. This
supports the perineum, and the mother's experience of the birth moment
is much stronger and more beautiful.**
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