Benefits of Getting a Doula

Posted by William Davis on February 3rd, 2020

From the beginning of evolution, women have been cared for and nurtured as they become mothers. Family, close friends and neighbors from the society would rally around the new family to help guide them through their pregnancy early weeks and months with a new baby.

The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) recognizes the evolving and changing needs of the family who just experienced the parenting of a newborn baby. Awareness of the eleven domains of postpartum care and maternal enables the postpartum doula to facilitate and promote healthy practices. The ICEA organization agrees with the evidence-based research which states that new parents can transition through the eleven domains emerged (emotional support, physical comforts, self-care, infant care, informational support, advocacy, referrals, partner support, family support, household organization) successfully with the assistance of a postpartum doula.

Parenting experts hire a postpartum doula who provides physical, emotional and informational support to a mother and her family during the pregnancy period.

What do the birth doulas offer?

Physical Support

Position ideals for more comfort and labor progression cross over with hands- on comfort measures like counter pressure, inhale/exhale techniques, comforting touch and other ‘doula magic’’ for families. A postpartum doula skilled hands and positioning tools can often help a malpositioned new born baby find its way through the pelvis and into the birthing parent’s arms.

Emotional Support

Doulas help parents to feel supported, easing the emotional experience of pregnancy and also helping to create a space where the hormones of labor can work at their best. Whether a baby birth is completely unmedicated or medically very complex, every parent should benefit from nurturing and connection at maternity period, incredible time in their lives.

Partner Support

Whether your partner is romantic, a friend or another family member like the baby’s grandfather, the birth partner’s experience matters in birth. Best birth parent education doulas are there to support every birth partner in being as involved as they would like with the birth.

Evidence-Based Information and Advocacy

Blossom parenting international doulas are trained to help families connect with evidence-based information so they can ask questions and make the right decisions about their births. Our experienced and specialized birthing coaches serve as a bridge of communication between women and their providers, lifting them up to help them find their voices and advocate for the best care.