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Doula
The Doulas of North America definition:
Doula refers to a supportive companion (other than a friend or loved one) who is professionally trained to provide labor support. She performs no clinical tasks. Doula also refers to lay women who are trained or experienced in providing postpartum care - mother and newborn care, breastfeeding support and advice, cooking, child care, errands, and light cleaning - for the family. To distinguish between the two types of doulas, one may refer to "birth doulas" and " postpartum doulas."
A doula provides:
physical, emotional, and informational support to women and their partners during labor and birth; help and advice on comfort measures such as breathing, relaxation, massage and positioning; assistance to families in gathering information about the course of their labor and their options; continuous emotional reassurance and comfort; non-medical skills such as massage and other non-pharmacological pain relief measures; assistance to partners who want to play an active support role; help so the woman has a safe and satisfying childbirth as the woman defines it.
Sites in Doula
Birth Counseling Skills
Program for birth professionals who wish to learn more communication and counseling skills specific to birth. correspondence program via workshops. Includes class schedule, FAQ, and doula service information. Victoria, British Columbia.
A Guide to Doulas
Explains role, educational preparation, and how to find a doula.
Childbirth And Postpartum Professional Association CAPPA
Doula and childbirth educator certification program.
Green Mountain Doula Guild
Serving Vermont, northwestern Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, the Guild was formed to provide support to doulas, labor assistants and monitrices. Offering doula listings, advertising and education and professional services as well as referrals for massage therapists, midwives, childbirth educators and lactation consultants.
MFRC Doula Program
Contains information about the program that provides any woman in the military community or public with a professional doula.
What is a Doula?
Offers a definition of what a doula is.
Doulas of North America
Explains the role of the doula, doula training and certification. Includes directory, board of directors and list of regional representatives, and conference information.
Birth Partners Search Service
Excellent tool for locating doulas, midwives, childbirth educators, birth photographers, and massage therapists.
Childbirth Solutions
A site designed to educate and inform women about choices in childbirth. Search for a Doula on this site.
Doula Network
Search for doulas by city or state.
Doula Board
A doula information sharing site equipped with a doula forum, pregnancy calculator, teen-mother advice, and links to other informative doula websites.
Becoming a Doula - Motherstuff
Information on steps to becoming a doula.
Doula World
Searchable, interactive directory that lists doulas, midwives, lactation consultants and childbirth educators throughout the United States.
Canadian Doulas
The essential resource for Canadian parents-to-be and doulas. Locate a Canadian birth professional.
Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS)
A membership organization that supports, develops and promotes doulas in the Puget Sound, Washington area. Providing free referrals to certified labor doulas and committed to finding a doula for every woman who wants one, regardless of ability to pay.
Birth in Hungary
Everything about birth and the fight between the doulas of Hungary and the Hungarian government for the right of giving birth at home.
Cascade Christian Childbirth Association
Site provides information about Christian birth and referral source for doulas.
Long Island Association of Labor and Postpartum Doulas
Organization founded to provide support and educational opportunities for Long Island doulas. Seeks to expand awareness in the general and healthcare community about the positive benefits doulas bring to birth.
Arizona Doulas Organization and Birth Education Association
Offers information on doula services, workshops, referrals to Arizona childbirth professionals.
Pikes Peak Regional Doula Association
If you are looking for a birth or postpartum doula in the Colorado Springs area, we have the information and resources to help you make the best choice for your situation.
Birthing Options Childbirth Education and Services, LLC
BOCES is a Christian training and certifying organization. We present workshops to equip ladies desiring to serve expectant and new mothers and their families as doulas, monitrices, and childbirth educators.
Family Born
Teaching the Bradley Method of Natural childbirth. Providing skills for labor, support, diet, exercise/yoga and labor pain.
Mother Care
Serving Edmonton, Camrose and Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada. Services include childbirth education, birth and postpartum doula support.
DoYouDoula.com
Informational site by Rachel Gurevich.
The Utah Doula Association (UDA)
Provides referrals for parents hiring a birth or postpartum doula. They also offer professional support for doulas and aspiring doulas.
Northeastern Illinois Doula Association
Formed for local support to area doulas.
National Association of Postpartum Care
Information on what it take to become a doula. Information on finding a doula. Information on doula training and doula certification.
About.com Pregnancy and Birth Stories
Contains stories about doula births. |
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