Why Choose A Holistic Doula
A Doula refers to a woman, experienced in childbirth- who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the pregnant mother and her partner. A Doula eases the mother's laboring discomfort, encouraging and supporting her through the birthing process.
The Holistic approach is characterized by the treatment of the whole person, which includes physical, mental, emotional, and Spiritual!
A Holistic Doula is a birthworker in which one carefully addresses the mind, body, and spirit. In this transformative event, pregnant women have access to altered states of consciousness that allow them to have an expanded perspective of life and themselves
Today, many women express that desire to be witnessed, and rather than manage this extraordinary experience of birth, we put a different spin on what it means to support and witness childbirth, we explore what it means to nurture a mom during her childbearing cycle.
The focus expands on easing the mother's laboring through a variety of natural tools and products introduced in the holistic doula training certifications balancing clinical along with intuitive healing practices to ease and support her through the pain.
Throughout time and in all cultures, the birthing woman has been supported by other women in her family: her mom, auntie, sister, cousin, or village elder women. In all cultures, the "Doula" was there as the support person dedicated to the pregnant woman in her experience of pregnancy and birth.
In our civilized, progressive society, this support has been lost and has left a gap in attentiveness, when it comes to terms of birthing and postpartum care.
In today’s modern era, birthing is traditionally done in a hospital, with Dr. and Nurses- taking care of the necessities of birth, but they can't stay around for the laboring process-
A Laboring Mother Should Not Be Left Alone!
Left alone during labor, or with our partners who as loving and well-intentioned, have no real clue as to how to help the laboring mom through the absolute toughest physical moments of her life - creating unnecessary fear, anxiety, panic, and pain for both Mother and her baby.
A professional birth Doula is a woman who provides continuous non-biased emotional and physical support to the laboring woman through evidence-based information.
A Doula holds space for the laboring woman, not interfering in her sacred birthing journey-
- she can also assist with non-medical comfort techniques for labor
- is knowledgeable in comfort positions and movement
- knows light touch massage
- visualization techniques
- breathing methods
- positive affirmations
Synonyms for Doula include;
labor assistant
birth companion
childbirth coach
In every pregnancy, labor and birth, the needs of each woman are different.
The advantages of a labor Doula can help with the unexpected,
have shorter labors with fewer complications, reduce her need for labor inducing drugs, forceps, vacuum and C-section, less need for pain medication and epidurals...
and a great support for her partner!
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