Our Services
BIRTH DOULA SERVICES:
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Assistance with birth preparations ( Your birth plan)
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2-3 Prenatal sessions
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Exercises, positions, comfort techniques, stages of labor
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Avaliable to you by phone or email
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Continuous support during labor and delivery
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Immediate postpartum support
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Baby's first feeding support
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Continued Breastfeeding support
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Educate fathers on what they can do to help
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...and much more!
POSTPARTUM DOULAS SERVICES:
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Baby soothing techniques
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Offers breastfeeding or bottle feeding support
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Explains normal newborn behavior
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Assist with the baby’s laundry
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Light house work
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Preparing simple nourishing meals
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Help the entire family adjust and settle in
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Creating a new daily routine that works for you
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Care of newborn while mom rests or bonds with other children
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Educate fathers on what they can do to help
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Overnight care so you can sleep
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...and much more!
WE SUPPORT ALL BIRTHS:
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Vaginal and Cesarean Births
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Home, Hospital and The Birthing Center Delivery
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Labor and Pushing Positioning
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Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
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Water Birth
BENEFITS OF HAVING A DOULA:
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31% decrease in the use of Pitocin*
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28% decrease in the risk of C-section*
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12% increase in the likelihood of a spontaneous vaginal birth*
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9% decrease in the use of any medications for pain relief
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14% decrease in the risk of newborns being admitted to a special care nursery
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34% decrease in the risk of being dissatisfied with the birth experience*
* https://www.cochrane.org/CD003766/PREG_continuous-support-women-during-childbirth
* https://evidencebasedbirth.com/the-evidence-for-doulas/
*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647727/
BREASTFEEDING:
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Lower risk of SIDS, Sudden infant death syndrome
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Suckling can have physical and emotional benefits
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Some studies suggest that breastfeeding may reduce the risk for certain allergic diseases, asthma, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
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Increased likelihood of bonding with your baby
RESOURCE LINKS
WHATS IN BREAST MILK?:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586783/
CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSES:
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Increase your confidence in your ability to give birth.
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Provide you and your partner with valuable information to mentally and emotionally prepare you for birth.
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Breast and bottle feeding support.
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Healthy lifestyle habits
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The process of labor
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Stages of Labor
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Expectations and your bodies events of late pregnancy
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Signs of labor
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And much more!
* Register today for one of the childbirth education classes taught by Nikia Lawson.
FREE Virtual Community CBE Class Series w/ Nikia Lawson for Families
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzlZBS1s3VQIZPKj4rT8tYLuLoeTKp_yz5aTCywXXD6WNEUQ/viewform
Breastfeeding How To:
Click Here to register:
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