Family Centered Doula Care
What exactly does a Doula do?
As a birth doula, Jenny accompanies women in labor in person and virtually to assist them in attaining their best birth experience. She is able to draw from her professional training, knowledge, and experience to provide emotional support and physical comfort, and facilitate communication with staff so that you can make informed decisions as they arise in labor. She can provide reassurance and perspective to you and your partner, make suggestions for labor progress, and help with relaxation, massage, positioning and other techniques for comfort. Jenny is independent and self-employed.
As your doula, she is working for you, not your caregiver or birth facility.
Doula services include:
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2 individualized prenatal visits where we talk about your desires, concerns and comforts for birth and labor​
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On call support by phone and text from 37 weeks until you birth​
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Birth plan for you, partner, and baby​
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Labor support at home, if desired, and at your birth place​
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Breastfeeding support in the immediate postpartum (right after birth)​
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1 postpartum visit to discuss your birth and any postpartum concerns or plans​
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Breastfeeding consult (typically done at postpartum visit)
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Perform clinical tasks, such as blood pressure, fetal heart checks, vaginal exams, and others. We are there to provide only physical comfort and emotional support.
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Make decisions for you. We will help you get the information necessary to make an informed decision. We will also remind you if there is a departure from your birth plan.
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Speak to the staff on your behalf. We will discuss your concerns with you and suggest options, but you or your partner will speak directly to the clinical staff.
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Replace the spouse or partner. Doulas see families as an entire unit and serves them all!
A doula does NOT...
*Please note*
We will not attend a planned unassisted birth.
Jenny was such a treasure to have for my fifth birth. Even being a more "experienced" mom, this was my fourth VBAC and second unmedicated birth, the presence of a doula was still high on my importance list. Jenny was so intuitive when it came to my needs, yet she melted into the background and gave my husband space and encouragement to support me. For this birth, it was the little things that mattered, she definitely covered those bases and more. I am so grateful to have has her present at our birth and even more so to have a trusted placenta encapsulationist.
— Hollie D., Doula and Placenta Client
