What Is A Doula?

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What Is A Doula?

Birth Doula and Postpartum Doula

Birth Doula

A birth doula helps women as they become mothers, for the first time or again, supporting women mentally, physically, emotionally and logistically during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and immediately after. Birth doula training covers how to assist in carrying out birth plans, provide access to information about the physiology and experience of pregnancy and birth, and offer non-clinical advice and encouragement to women becoming mothers. Through active listening and by offering a consistently supportive perspective based on sound research and collective experience, a birth doula accompanies a woman as she develops and reinforces her own confidence, relaxation control and mental and logistical preparedness for the many demands that come with becoming a mother. See our birth doula training program for more specific information on birth doula training.

Postpartum Doula

A postpartum doula helps women as they begin to mother their newborn children, supporting women mentally, physically, emotionally and logistically during the long weeks after childbirth when the expanded family bonds and adjusts its routines to welcome its newest addition(s). Postpartum doula training covers how to assist in adjusting to life with newborns, provide access to information about newborn care and development, and offer non-clinical advice and encouragement through active listening and a consistently supportive perspective while accompanying a woman as she develops and reinforces her own confidence, relaxation control and mental and logistical preparedness for the many demands that come with mothering a new baby. See our postpartum doula training program for more specific information on postpartum doula training.

Become a Doula

Let us help you become a doula. As a Certified Birth Doula you will have the opportunity to support birthing women and their families as they embrace normal birth and trust in the birth process. As a Certified Postpartum Doula you will have the opportunity to support birthing women and their families as they welcome their newborns into their daily lives.