Doulas are well-trained professionals and experienced in childbirth. They provide a great service for the family and make the mother have good knowledge and awareness about the birthing process but they don’t support in the medical role. There are many types of doula services offered according to the family needs.
Antepartum Doula
Many of the women today experience complications during their pregnancy due to many factors such as a lot of stress, irregular exercise, poor eating habits, environmental condition, etc. The ante partum doula provides a wealth of resources and information to the mother; they will teach about the sleeping hours for the mother and helps her to focus on her task at hand of creating the healthy baby. Encouragement for the mother is really needed at the various stages of pregnancy. The continuous support will help the mother to have a better outlook. These Antepartum Doulas also teach about practical things like sibling care, running errands, basic meal preparation, light housekeeping, and bed rest time, all are the concerns of the antepartum doula. They do not provide any medical role, the doulas are very mandatory for the families because they provide the practical end of care.
Postpartum Doulas
Postpartum doulas will help a new family in those first days after delivery. They provide information on infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from the birth and also they help the mother to know about infant feeding and basic things about newborn care. They mainly help the parents to learn about the caring and integrating process which makes them pamper the infant independently and quickly. The postpartum doula can also help with laundry, food preparation; light clean and childcare. This makes the parents take some rest. These doulas will work at different hours according to your family needs.
Labor Doula
They provide valuable information about the birth to the mother and make them stress-free and take out their fear away during their labor period and support the mother throughout the birthing process. They mainly teach about the breathing techniques and food habits. Labor doula gives information about delivery and make sure the mother is out of fear.
Adoption Doula
These doulas have an incredibly unique role to play in the new family after adoption. They especially solve difficult times in their life. The adoption doula teaches them how to handle the baby and teach how to grow up the infant with care and affection. Doulas are not helpful for the parents but also come and help for the newly adopted parents with new parenting skills and guidance.
Miscarriage Doula
Doulas help the mother to recover from the miscarriage. The mother had experienced the pain of a miscarried or lost baby. Miscarriage women who have experienced their pain themselves and cry by themselves. At this situation, the doulas provide emotional, physical and information support to women and families processing these losses. They also make the parents change their mindset from the miscarried infant and guide them for a new colorful life.
Benefits of doulas
#1: During labor and delivery, a doula provides a knowledgeable support and provides the massage for the mother.
#2: It is impossible to predict how the labor and birth will go. The doulas emotionally connect the the labor and delivery nurse.
#3: The doulas will be like a friend, mother or sister as they help to understand all your needs and work according to that with a care.
#4: They acts as the mediator between partner and doctors in updating the current status of the mother and baby condition during labor hours.
#5: Stay by her side before and after the birth process and guide them more care.
#6: Provides a high-level of non-judgmental support and coping strategies for the mother and helps her to reduce the postpartum depression.
Thus, doulas provide all necessary help, care and recovery from the birthing process and bring them new life into the family. The non-medical support of the doula provides the physical emotional support to the infant and mother and gives continuous support at all the time.
