What is a Doula?
One thing I have come to realise whilst developing information for people who ask the question, "What is a Doula?", is that there is only one fact that defines a Doula, and the rest varies from Doula to Doula as individuals.
1. Doula is an ancient Greek word meaning 'female servant', serving the pregnant, birthing and new mother in her experience.
In other words, a Doula is employed by you, to serve you
She will help you with your experiences.
She is a powerful tool and resource of information.
A Butterfly Beginnings Doula will by no means, be your voice, but will make sure that you are heard!
1. Doula is an ancient Greek word meaning 'female servant', serving the pregnant, birthing and new mother in her experience.
In other words, a Doula is employed by you, to serve you
She will help you with your experiences.
She is a powerful tool and resource of information.
A Butterfly Beginnings Doula will by no means, be your voice, but will make sure that you are heard!
Doula/ Birth Attendant
What do you think a Doula does?
Perinatal Wellness Doula
(Pre, Birth & Postnatal)
Your doula can improve the birth experience for the mother and baby in many ways. A doula, supports women before, during and after labour by providing personal assistance, emotionally, physically and practically. A doula will draw on experience, knowledge and training to give you emotional support and physical comfort throughout the birth. A doula will also provide you with as much information on topics surrounding childbirth so that you can base your decisions and your birthing plan on a variety of information, she will offer tips and suggestions and help on negotiating the system you choose to birth your baby in.
A Doulas main role is to accompany women in labour to help ensure a satisfying birth experience, maintaining the safety of baby and mother first.
What is a Butterfly Beginnings Doula?
A Butterfly Beginnings Doula is a trained professional hired by you that specialises in providing services for the Perinatal (pregnancy, birth and early infant care) period.
I the role of a Doula she is not a doctor or midwife and has no clinical responsibility or role in your birth.
However, your doula can improve the birth experience for the mother and baby in many ways. As a doulas we support women before, during and after labour by providing personal assistance. We draw on experience, knowledge and training to give you emotional support and physical comfort throughout the birth. We also provide you with as much information as we have on topics surrounding childbirth so that you can base your decisions and your birthing plan on a variety of information. The information we have comes from published books, articles and DVDs, which we can loan to you or direct you to find. Throughout your pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period we are employed by you, not the hospital and we dedicate ourselves only to your needs. Butterfly Beginnings Doulas make themselves available to provide reassurance and encouragement to you and your partner, to discuss all options available to you, help you to prepare, build a team and support you to relax and find your most comfortable positions during labour, whilst also supporting your partner.
Doula Dee is also available on in person by appointment, by phone or by email before and after the birth should you wish to talk about anything related to the birth.
(Pre, Birth & Postnatal)
- Are you having a public or private hospital or home birth?
- Would you like to feel confident that you have continuity of care?
- What about someone to decipher all that hospital jargon?
- Maybe a helping hand to organise the house or children before or after the birth?
- Are you concerned about PND?
- Are you concerned about medical interventions?
- I wonder if you might have planned a C-Section how this could benefit you?
Your doula can improve the birth experience for the mother and baby in many ways. A doula, supports women before, during and after labour by providing personal assistance, emotionally, physically and practically. A doula will draw on experience, knowledge and training to give you emotional support and physical comfort throughout the birth. A doula will also provide you with as much information on topics surrounding childbirth so that you can base your decisions and your birthing plan on a variety of information, she will offer tips and suggestions and help on negotiating the system you choose to birth your baby in.
A Doulas main role is to accompany women in labour to help ensure a satisfying birth experience, maintaining the safety of baby and mother first.
What is a Butterfly Beginnings Doula?
A Butterfly Beginnings Doula is a trained professional hired by you that specialises in providing services for the Perinatal (pregnancy, birth and early infant care) period.
I the role of a Doula she is not a doctor or midwife and has no clinical responsibility or role in your birth.
However, your doula can improve the birth experience for the mother and baby in many ways. As a doulas we support women before, during and after labour by providing personal assistance. We draw on experience, knowledge and training to give you emotional support and physical comfort throughout the birth. We also provide you with as much information as we have on topics surrounding childbirth so that you can base your decisions and your birthing plan on a variety of information. The information we have comes from published books, articles and DVDs, which we can loan to you or direct you to find. Throughout your pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period we are employed by you, not the hospital and we dedicate ourselves only to your needs. Butterfly Beginnings Doulas make themselves available to provide reassurance and encouragement to you and your partner, to discuss all options available to you, help you to prepare, build a team and support you to relax and find your most comfortable positions during labour, whilst also supporting your partner.
Doula Dee is also available on in person by appointment, by phone or by email before and after the birth should you wish to talk about anything related to the birth.
What are the Benefits of having a doula?
A collation of many studies, from around the world have concluded that a trained doulas support is more effective than hospital staff, friends and family alone.
Studies consistently demonstrate very impressive benefits for the mother, father and baby, including:
REDUCTIONS in the rates of:
Caesarean Section by 50%
Use of forceps by 40%
Requests for epidurals by 60%
Use of synthetic oxytocins for inductions and augmentations by 40%
Drugs used for pain management by 30%
The length of labour by 25%
Anxiety (28% vs 40% without a doula)
Depression (10% vs 23% without a doula)
INCREASES in the rates of:
Breastfeeding beyond 6 weeks postnatal (51% vs 21% without a doula)
Higher self esteem (74% vs 59% without a Doula)
Studies consistently demonstrate very impressive benefits for the mother, father and baby, including:
REDUCTIONS in the rates of:
Caesarean Section by 50%
Use of forceps by 40%
Requests for epidurals by 60%
Use of synthetic oxytocins for inductions and augmentations by 40%
Drugs used for pain management by 30%
The length of labour by 25%
Anxiety (28% vs 40% without a doula)
Depression (10% vs 23% without a doula)
INCREASES in the rates of:
Breastfeeding beyond 6 weeks postnatal (51% vs 21% without a doula)
Higher self esteem (74% vs 59% without a Doula)
