Wholistic Approach to Prenatal Yoga

Doula Services

The doula will provide birth plan information, consultation and referral lists of community resources. She will provide early labor support as requested. She will remain with the Mother once active labor has begun until one or two hours after the baby is born. As a doula, she will utilize non medical support techniques for labor and birth. She will strive to maintain a calm and peaceful birth environment. She will maintain a birth log. Photography of labor, birth and recovery is included if desired. She will assist in providing information and supplying emotional support by telephone on breastfeeding and newborn care up to two weeks after the birth as requested. She will visit in the first two weeks after the birth to review the birth and admire the baby.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT DOULA SERVICES, CONTACT THE DOULA FOUNDATION OF MID-AMERICA AT 417-832-9222 OR VISIT THEIR WEB-SITE WWW.DOULAFOUNDATION.ORG

Certified Doulas

For a list of DONA certified doulas in Springfield and surrounding areas, click on the DONA International Doula Locator.

A doula provides support

before
during
after childbirth

Importance of a Doula

The birth of each baby has a long lasting impact on the physical and mental health of mother, baby, family and community. The importance of fostering relationships between parents and infants cannot be overemphasized, since these early realtionships largely determine the future of each family and society as a whole. The quality of emotional care received by the mother during labor, birth and immediately afterwards is one vital factor that can strengthen or weaken the emotional ties between mother and child. When women receive continuous emotional support and physical comfort throughout childbirth, their obstetric outcomes can improve.

The literature sites the following outcomes when a doula is present:

50% reduction in caesarean rate
40% reduction of pitocin
25% reduction in length of labor
60% reduction in use of epidural
40% reduction of forceps

Today’s nationally certified doulas (CD) are:

on 24 hour call for two weeks before childbirth and for two weeks after childbirth,
performs no clinical or medical tasks during childbirth, but rather,

suggests comfort measures,
provides emotional support for the mother-to-be and her partner
advocates for the mother’s wishes as expressed in her prenatal birth plan and discussion during labor itself

Success Naturally Yoga & Image Center
3539A S. Lone Pine, Springfield, MO 65804
Phone: 417-877-YOGA (9642)
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