Birth Doula Support

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When it comes to your labor and baby’s birth, you already know how you’d like to feel.

Now it’s time to find the right person to support you on your journey.

Boston Area Doulas are here to help you find your inner strength, instill confidence and reduce fear. We:

  • Are your “pregnancy concierges,” a consistent person to talk to during your pregnancy (via text, phone or email)

  • Create a calm and peaceful environment for labor

  • Give you a birth preferences template, and help you put your birth preferences into a user-friendly format for your care team. This includes access to Motherboard Birth, digital birth preferences app

  • Share vetted resources and referrals when appropriate (massage, nutrition, pediatric ENTs, NICU support, pediatricians, new parent support groups, IVF support groups, pelvic floor recovery, etc)

  • Help you share your preferences, questions and concerns to your care team before and during labor

  • Provide physical support in labor (e.g. comfort touch, counter pressure, guided breathing) per your preferences

  • Provide emotional support to alleviate uncertainty, affirm feelings, encourage you to ask questions when they arise

  • Provide the information you need (like evidence-based explanations of labor stages, medicated and non-medicated pain relief options and interventions) so that you can make informed decisions

  • Support partners in providing comfort measures

Boston Area Doulas support birth clients at the following hospitals and birth centers, including but not limited to: Beth Israel, Beverly Hospital, The Birth Cottage (NH), Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s, Cambridge CHA, Emerson, Melrose Wakefield, Mass General Hospital/MGH, Mount Auburn, Newton Wellesley, South Shore Hospital, St Elizabeth’s, Tufts, Wentworth-Douglass (NH), Winchester.

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Benefits of birth doula support:

  • Increased confidence and sense of safety before and during labor

  • Decreased rates of postpartum depression

  • Collaboration with care team (OB, midwife, nurses)

  • Support for partner of birthing person

  • Opportunities to process prenatal appointments with a doula

  • A go-to source for pregnancy and birth information

Contact Boston Area Doulas today to speak with a doula about your labor and birth needs.