Pregnant women today often find themselves without ties to female relatives who traditionally would guide them through their journey towards birth and parenting. The focus of doula care is education and support. Doulas provide women and their partners with information and practical alternatives so that they may give birth with confidence, strength and joy. Women who feel confident and supported are more likely to achieve satisfying outcomes.

Sara is certified through ToLabor (formerly ALACE) to attend women in childbirth. Doulas provide practical suggestions during labor to help mothers relax, including touch and massage, emotional support, variations in position and other labor support techniques. Doulas also help partners to better understand the process and how they can help the laboring woman. Sara helps to reinforce women's trust in their bodies ability to give birth. A woman's pregnancy, birth and meeting her new baby are experiences she will remember for the rest of her life. I offer myself as an additional support person and resource to help facilitate a healthy pregnancy, a positive birth experience, and a satisfying postpartum. This is an exciting time in a couple's life and I am so honored to be apart of it!

 

           Birth Services:                                                                                 

  • Birth plan counseling
  • Processing a previous birth
  • Belly casting (additional fee for supplies & time)
  • Lending library & community resource and referrals
  • Extensive knowledge of cesarean prevention, recovery and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean)
  • Prenatal & postpartum client packets
  • Two prenatal visits & one postpartum visit
  • Available for phone consultations & care provider updates
  • Early labor support in the home
  • Continuity of care one labor has moved to hospital or birth center
  • Birth photography, if desired
  • Breastfeeding support, information & referral
  • Parenting & newborn information
  • Postpartum care after the birth

 

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"Birth is not only about making babies

                Birth is about making mothers ~

           strong, competent, capable mothers

                   who trust themselves and

                  know their inner strength"

                           ~ Barbara Katz Rothman

 

 

 
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