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What does Doula mean?
The word doula comes from the Greek word doulē, the meaning of which translates to female helper or maidservant.
What is a Doula's role in pregnancy?
During pregnancy, a doula can work with you and your birth partner to help you thrive in and prepare for your birth.
Some traditional doulas may offer traditional remedies, like massage or herbs/supplements to help relieve pregnancy symptoms or complaints.
Other doulas (like me!) will offer evidence-based support, signposting you to appropriate services or information to enable you to find the solutions that work for you!
We can offer information on diet, exercise, and mindset work to support you to enjoy your pregnancy!
We can provide information about the process of labour which compliments any antenatal courses you choose to do, some doulas offer their hypnobirthing classes to support you in getting educated and informed about pregnancy and birth.
If you sign up for my Virtual Doula (Doula in your pocket) support package, you can message me with any questions that come up from your research or courses you have done, and I will summarise the current evidence and research for you!
Doulas support you before, during, and after midwife or OB appointments to ensure you feel supported and informed, and to provide continuity of care which you may not be getting within the traditional healthcare model.
We provide you with the information you need to help you make informed decisions about your place of birth, some doulas only support certain types of birth (like homebirth or freebirth) but I support all types of birth with my Doula in your pocket package, (Hospital birth, cesarean, homebirth, freebirth and birth centre!).
A doula works with the pregnant mama and any birth partners to make sure they are on the same page!
We can help you create your birth plan, providing templates (subscribe to my mailing list for a free template!) and information to enable you to prepare for most scenarios you could come across in birth.
I offer stand-alone birth planning sessions to help you prepare your birth plan
Doulas have experience in what are the most helpful items to have available during your labour, and can help you pack your hospital bags or prepare your space for a home birth.
If you are interested in finding out how I can help you with all of the above, click the button below to be taken to my website.
How can an online doula or virtual doula do all this?
The miracle of modern technology means I can offer all (but the physical) of the above services through phone calls or messages.
You will feel like you have a constant companion throughout your pregnancy that's on-call for you at all times (no need to wait until your next appointment!)
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