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Q: What is a doula:
A full spectrum postpartum doula is a support person who brings the doula model of care to any pregnancy discourse and outcome, including miscarriage, planned abortion or medical termination, stillbirth, surrogacy or adoption.
The term doula comes from a Greek word, meaning one who serves. From a historical perspective, the term doula was used to refer to a lay support person who attended to friends and family members.
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Postpartum doulas don’t do things like offer medical advice, provide medical care, or speak for the mother or family on any medical matters. Instead, the doula provides the information, resources, and support. If they can’t help you, they can help you find someone who can.
Q: Benefits of a Doula:
According to DONA International, doulas support and offer guidance for families during some of life’s most important moments such as labor, birth, and postpartum.
Q: What is the difference between a doula and midwife:
According to the Cedars-Sinai Blog, a doula is trained to provide physical, emotional, and educational support during pregnancy, labor and postpartum through comfort and educational techniques such as labor massage, resource packets and nighttime support.
Q: What are the different types of doulas:
There are labor / birth doulas, postpartum doulas, antepartum doulas, sibling doulas, bereavement doulas, and geriatric (and beyond) doulas. I offer birth/labor and postpartum services.