Doula Services
Doula Services in New York City. Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Hoboken
Labor Doula Services
Labor doulas are trained and experienced in childbirth. They stay alongside you throughout your labor. The doula offers help and advice on comfort measures such as breathing, relaxation, movement and positioning. She also assists families in gathering information about the course of their labor.
Labor support Includes prenatal and post partum meetings, 24-hour on call support, massage and counter pressure, positioning for mother’s comfort and to facilitate fetal descent and rotation, digital photos of your baby immediately after birth and more.
Clinical trials have demonstrated that the presence of a doula is also associated with:
- Reduction of cesarean rates
- Reduction in use of forceps
- Less requests for epidurals
- Shorter labor
- Reduction in oxytocin augmentation
- Lower rates of newborn complications
- Reduction of maternal bleeding after birth
- Increased success with breastfeeding
- Reduction in postpartum depression
- Increased maternal satisfaction
Please call us to set up a cosultation.
Postpartum Doula Services
A postpartum doula focuses on the needs of the new mother as well as the newborn. Trained specifically as a newborn specialist, she will nurture the mother by offering practical assistance as well as emotional support thus enabling new moms to recover faster and feel more confident in meeting the challenges a new baby brings. The postpartum doula is a mentor who will answer questions and provide assurance in a gentle, non-judgmental way.
Postpartum doulas bring the following benefits:
- Easier transition into parenthood
- Greater breastfeeding success
- More self confidence in parenting skills
- Less postpartum depression
Flexible hourly packages are available. Day hours are sold in 16 hour packages.
Please call for pricing and other inquiries--or to set up a consultation.
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