My Visits as Your Birth Doula 

Two Prenatal visits - (1.5 - 2 hours each)

Visit 1: This usually is a day time visit. Its purpose is to educate me on how to get to your residence and to do an initial interview to determine your expectations of me and my expectations of you.

Visit 2: This is usually a night time visit. Its purpose is to familiarize me in my ability to find your home in the dark, a labor rehearsal (where we practice working together as a team), discuss your birth plan, and finalize arrangements such as when you will be expecting me to arrive and where certain items for laboring at home are located.

Labor and Birth support

It is expected I will arrive to the birthing persons location at any time during labor to support and assist in whatever manner I can, on an as needed basis. Typically clients call for my services in active labor.

Jobs I will be performing at each birth besides supporting the laboring mother include but are not limited to: preparing/retrieving ice chips, running bath water for mother, fielding phone calls, preparing/retrieving towels, assisting mother/father emotionally, reminding parents of their birth wishes, photographing/videotaping with appropriate forms signed, acting as informational assistant for medical attendants to laboring couple, keeping visitors to a minimum (and only those authorized by the couple to enter), informing the family of progress of birth process. 

1 or 2 Follow-up visits - (1.5 - 2 hours each)

Visit 1: This visit will be made in the first 24-48 hours following the arrival of the mother at her home or birth of baby. Its purpose is to check on breastfeeding progress and determine what other services are needed at home (if any).

Visit 2: This visit will be made if there were problems at the first postpartum visit. Its purpose may also be to determine if mom is getting enough rest and baby is doing well.

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