A doula is a supportive companion, trained and experienced in childbirth. She provides continuous emotional, physical comfort and information support to laboring women.
While we will be there to support you and offer comfort measures, you may choose to hire a doula who is totally dedicated to you and your needs without being distracted with the clinical side. She will offer you physical and emotional support. She may massage your back or feet, apply hot or cold compresses, or pressure to your back. She may just simply be there to offer words of encouragement and reassure you that you are doing fine and labor is progressing normally. A doula is not there to replace your husband or other family member, but rather to enhance the experience for all of you.