Naturopathic Birth Doula
For a Healthy, Positive Birth Experience
What is a Doula?
Doulas are trained to assist women and their families through the birth of their baby. They provide physical, emotional, and educational support to the family to empower and prepare them during pregnancy, labour, delivery and postpartum.
They understand the emotional needs and physiology of birth.
They assist in preparation of a birth plan and with carrying out that plan.
By providing continuity of care, physical and emotional comfort, they help support you through the birth that you want.
Naturopathic doulas have the combined skills of a doula and a naturopathic doctor, which includes over 5000 hours of medical training and a comprehensive knowledge of natural therapies such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy and clinical nutrition.
Why Choose a Doula?
Research has shown that women who receive labour support:
- Are more likely to give birth spontaneously
- Are less likely to use pain medications
- Have decreased use of interventions during labour
- Are more likely to be satisfied with their birth outcome
- Have slightly shorter labours
- Have improved success in breastfeeding
- Have increased self-esteem
- Reduce number of low-birth weight babies
- Suffer less postpartum depression
- Less likely to experience birth complications
My Mission
To prepare, empower, and provide support for birth.
I want you to have the birth that you want. I am here to answer your questions, to support your decisions and to help you come to those decisions. To help you feel comfortable and calm so you can properly grow and birth your baby.
To ease your pregnancy and your labour. To empower you so that you can communicate your needs, and turn the dream of having a healthy, positive birth experience into a reality.
I am supportive of all types of life choices and birth choices: hospital, home, water, induction, etc.