Prenatal Yoga
- • Cultivates mom’s confidence and strength
• Encourages awareness and acceptance of physical changes
• Alleviates common discomforts
• reduces the mother’s request for pain medication and/or epidurals
• Teaches movement and breathwork useful for labor
• Provides space and time to connect with baby
• Offers a sense of community
• Helps mom develop intuition
• Supports optimal fetal positioning
- • Cultivates mom’s confidence and strength
Private sessions available.
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What we do
- A LABOR DOULA PROVIDES PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT.
She is also there to help the mother's partner take breaks, eat, sleep, and can direct the partner to specific techniques for supporting the laboring mom. The labor doula is part of the "birth team" and will provide much needed encouragement, guidance, and comfort that is rarely achieved in a hospital without a doula. With techniques practiced before labor begins and using those techniques during labor, mom may have a shorter birth, less need for pain medication, and a lower chance for a cesarean section. Your Insurance company MAY cover the cost of a doula. Please contact them directly.
Two prenatal visits will provide an opportunity to become acquainted, discuss labor preferences, explore fears, and determine ways of coping with pain and fatigue. During this time, its important to understand how you and your partner will work together, and the roles of others who may be attending the birth. These two appointments are customized to your needs.
Unlimited email and phone support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone and email from the date of hire. Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions or updates.
One postpartum visit is scheduled within two weeks of the birth. During this visit, I can provide breastfeeding support, baby care tips, referrals to community resources, a chance to discuss your birth, and get feedback from you about my role. A birth story is presented during your postpartum visit. This keepsake is a written account of your labor and baby's birth, in the form of a letter to your baby.
What we don't do
we DO NOT take the place of your partner; rather, we assist BOTH of you through an intensely memorable and intimate moment of your life.
As doulas, we do not perform clinical tasks, such as blood pressures, fetal assessments, vaginal exams, etc. We are present to provide you with physical comfort, emotional support, and advocacy. We won’t make decisions for you. We will help you get the information necessary to make an informed decision. We will not prescribe, diagnose or treat any medical problems that may arise and will not be liable for interpreting diagnostic procedures.
writing your Birth Plan
The intention of a birth plan isn't for you and your partner to determine exactly how the birth of your child will occur. Labor involves many variables, and you can't predict exactly what will happen. A birth plan does, however, help you outline what's most important to you in the birth of your baby.
While completing a birth plan, you'll be learning about, exploring, and understanding your labor and birthing options. This tool will improve your communication with the people who'll be helping during your delivery and having a birth plan means you won't have to explain your preferences during labor itself.
A birth plan isn't a binding agreement — it's just a guideline. Your doctor or health care provider may know, from having seen you throughout the pregnancy, what you do and don't want. Also, if you go into labor when there's an on-call doctor who you don't know well, a well thought-out birth plan can help you communicate your goals and wishes to the people helping you with the labor and delivery.
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