Joni Lucarelli, CD(DONA)
Hand and Heart Doula
DONA Certified Birth Doula
Hypnobabies® Childbirth Hypnosis Doula
Placenta Encapsulation Services
Why labor alone when you can have the support of a Doula by your side?
One of the anxiety producing things about anticipating labor and delivery is that it's impossible to predict or control how it will go. No matter how prepared you think you are for your labor, you may still be wondering:
- Will we be able to handle the intensity of labor alone?
- We plan to have an unmedicated birth... can we make this happen?
- Will my labor be swift or long and drawn-out?
- How will my partner hold up under the pressure?
- How will we remember all we have learned and be able to apply it during labor?
- How will we know when I am really in labor... What if we go to the hospital too early and they send us home or want to start with interventions we don't want?
- Will we connect emotionally with our nurse, and will she have time for us?
- Who will be there to help us understand when terms like, "cervical lip" or "occiput-posterior" or "compound presentation" are being mentioned?
enormous reassurance in having a Doula by their side. In fact, research has found that women who have one-on-one professional labor support tend to have shorter labors, fewer complications, and healthier newborns. The theory is that mothers who have this support in labor produce lower levels of stress hormones than women left alone or attended by inexperienced coaches.As your Doula, I will provide you with continuous emotional and physical support with gentle massage, suggestions for laboring positions and other measures to provide you comfort. I will help you and your partner talk through your wishes, fears and plans before the birth of your child and familiarize you with the many options you have in childbirth.
I have complete trust in a woman's ability to birth her baby and want nothing more than for you and your partner to have a positive birth experience. I understand that there is a place and time for medical intervention and respect the parents' right to choose what is right for them.
