What Does a Birth Doula Do With You During Pregnancy?
Doula Tips and Tits with Kaely Harrod10/19/22 • 14 min
Each Birth Doula works slightly differently, that’s part of the beauty of our work! Some doulas have a variety of options in terms of what is included in a doula package and others have a set standard of what they do with clients. While I can’t guarantee that this episode covers all the variety of how individual doulas work, however it does cover the types that I most often see!
Many birth doula packages include some form of prenatal education and interaction with a pregnant client and their support person/partner. Oftentimes you have virtual access via text, email and calls, as well as one or more prenatal visits. One of the things you can ask doulas when you’re doula interviews is what kind of prenatal interactions you will have with them.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Many doulas include the following prenatal interactions in their packages
- Text/Email support during pregnancy and sometimes a short time during postpartum
- One prenatal to plan for birth and sometimes write a birth plan
- One prenatal for planning comfort measures or practicing things together
- An on-call period that either starts from date of hire or from 36 weeks (that’s a good thing to ask!)
- Not all doula packages are the same, so ask what is included when you’re interviewing doulas!
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10/19/22 • 14 min
Doula Tips and Tits with Kaely Harrod - What Does a Birth Doula Do With You During Pregnancy?
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Hello and welcome back. Today's question is, what does a birth doula do with you during pregnancy? This is Kaely Daily, the bi weekly podcast about all things doula Tips and Tips where we answer one question about pregnancy, labor, postpartum, or lactation, in order to have your journey in this parenting world be just a little bit more informed and filled with consent. Hello, and welcome back. I'm Kaely Harrod, the host of this beautiful podca
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