During your birth process, your caregiver and nursing staff will have other clients needing their attention and not be available to provide continuous support. Your partner may be able to provide continuous support, but will probably be able to help you more if he has someone that can provide guidance and allow him to take brief breaks to rejuvenate himself.  I will be there to support you and your partner through your entire birth process.

Specific benefits identified during trials of women using a doula versus those without this continuous support are:

• Lower use of interventions and pain medications
• Enhanced breastfeeding
• Better mother-infant interaction
• Less postpartum depression and anxiety
• Greater self-esteem
• Greater satisfaction with the birth experience