Your personal needs, hopes, experiences and circumstances are unique, but you are not alone in this remarkable journey.
Throughout pregnancy and early parenthood it is normal to experience a wide-range of emotions from strong hopes and fears about your birth, about the new life to come, to feel stretched far past your comfort zone, and to wrestle with the changes in your identity, body, and relationships.
Due North Doula Care services provide physical, emotional, and informational support to people and their partners during labor and birth, as well as to families in the weeks following childbirth. Our Doula Care services are built on experience that helps you navigate any birth place (hospital, home, or birth center) and the transition into parenthood.
Much of what unfolds during birth is the result of the way a parent has prepared – physically, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually, as well as the kind of information they have received and the quality of support they have surrounded themselves with. That’s why we work with clients not only during labor itself, but in the weeks and months leading up to the birth. We support you in making informed choices well before your estimated due date so during delivery you can feel relaxed, confident, and comfortable with the birth team you’ve assembled.
Numerous clinical studies have found that Doula Care during childbirth:
tends to result in labors with fewer complications
reduces negative feelings about one’s childbirth experience
reduces the need for induction, forceps or vacuum extraction, and cesareans
reduces requests for pain medication and/or epidurals
Research shows parents who receive support can:
Feel more secure and cared for
Are more successful in adapting to new family dynamics
Have greater self-confidence
Have less postpartum depression
Birth Doula Care Package includes:
Unlimited text, phone & email support to answer questions & address concerns as they arise before and after delivery.
2 Prenatal Visits (plus our initial consultation) – During these meetings, we will get to know one another, go over birth wishes & concerns; assist you in drafting an informed birth plan; practice comfort measures & positions; discuss birth options and risks/ benefits of possible interventions, and more!
Birth – We provide continuous emotional, physical and informational support throughout your labor, birth and the first couple of postpartum hours. 24/7 On Call starts two weeks before your estimated due date. We provide early labor phone support and then meet you at your home/birth center/hospital as active labor begins (or when you feel ready). We are with you throughout your labor and birth and stay to help establish initial breastfeeding, get you comfortable and settled in, and to answer any questions. This is usually about 1-2 hours after delivery.
2 Postpartum Visits – We provide breastfeeding support, help with the transition of welcoming baby to your home, consultation on your health and wellness, and help with any other questions you might have.
Why book a package? Not only will you get peace of mind in knowing you’ll have support through this whole journey, but we’re able to offer a discount for your commitment.
