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How do I know if Hiring The Passionate Doula is Right for me:
If ANY of these feelings ring true for you, we would love the opportunity to support you:
- I want to feel less stressed
- I want to feel supported
- I want to know all of my options
- I want to feel less scared
- I want a place to lay my concerns and fears without judgement
- I want someone who will reassure me when I need it most
- I want a cheerleader and coach in my corner
- I want to feel educated and prepared
- I want to feel capable
- I don't want to feel alone
Supporting The Birther & The Birth Partner
Cris Baluch - The Passionate Doula's Mission:
To help people feel really confident about giving birth without ANY judgements through Education & Support
To accompany families in the birth space, so the birther feels confident and supported to give birth
To educate and answer questions and address and help eliminate fears
To train birth partners so they feel prepared and comfortable in their role in the birth space
To support families during the 4th trimester, so everyone's needs are met once baby is here
Top 5 Reasons to work with Cris as your Birth Doula
* Cris will respect your limitations and be non judgmental
* Cris will help you create a birth plan that will honour your choices and decisions after educating you with evidence based research
* Cris will provide you and your partner with all the tools you will need to have a confident and stress free birth
*Cris is supportive, predictable and a confidante
*Cris will be with you every step of the way to ensure you feel safe and prepared as your Educator, Coach & Cheerleader
Top 5 Reasons to work with Cris as your Postpartum Doula
*Cris is a Certified maternal Support Practitioner/Doula and has worked with moms all over the world to ensure they feel safe and supported to help build their confidence
*Cris listens to your concerns with an open heart and helps provide you with the tools you need to address your concerns in real time
*Cris ensures that you feel grounded and taken care of
*Cris helps you transition into your new life by providing tips and tricks from safe sleep, to bathing and swaddling to feeding techniques as a Breastfeeding Expert
*Cris supports your current needs and provides comfort measure for mom as well
Why Everyone Having a Baby Should work with Cris - The Passionate Doula!
- From pregnancy to birth to postpartum, Cris is there to offer you support both emotionally and physically
- Cris is your coach and cheerleader and she offers encouragement and reassurance when you need it most
- Cris a resource for your questions and concerns and offer evidence based research so you can make informed decisions for you and your growing family
- Cris recognizes the profound impact childbirth has on the birther and we help to prepare you for the journey ahead
- Cris knows how imperative it is that you feel supported and heard without judgment
- Cris wants you to feel Powerful, Present and Prepared
- Cris believes every birther deserves the right to feel safe, nurtured, understood, loved, surrounded and comforted throughout their pregnancy, birth and parenting journey
My Role as Your Birth Doula
- To support the birth you want
- To offer you emotional, physical and informational support
- To build your confidence by providing lots of evidence based research
- To be predictable
- To be there for you as a cheerleader
- To be dedicated, trustworthy and nurturing
- To help you make confident informed decisions
- To offer trauma informed care
- To go over your birth plan
- To discuss and plan ahead for all scenarios
- To help you cope with your fears
- To be respectful of your limitations and to your window of tolerance
- To offer comfort measures
- To ensure that you feel safe and respected
- To be mindful of your needs
- To help support your birth partner (should you have one)
My Role as Your Postpartum Doula
- To build your confidence by providing lots of Evidence Based research
- To actively listen to your concerns without judgement and go over plans of action for a positive family outcome
- To support you emotionally and be empathetic
- To ensure you feel safe, grounded, rested and taken care of
- To help with the transition and help manage your expectations
- To offer trauma informed care
- To be respectful of your limitations and to your window of tolerance
- To support your needs so you can be an amazing parent
- To practice and go over comfort measures for baby
- To leave you feeling powerful, present and prepared
- To help support your partner (should you have one)
Birth & Postpartum Partner Training
Preparation is Key! The Passionate Doula also knows how important it is that the Birth Partner & Postpartum Partner feel Confident, Educated, Present & Prepared!
Top 5 Reasons to have a Trained Birth Partner
* Feeling united as a birthing team
* Feeling confident that your partner is also supported
* Feeling relaxed knowing your partner is educated
* Feeling safe because your partner is prepared
* Feeling loved, connected, present and calm
Top 5 Reasons to be Trained Before Becoming a Birth Partner
*Feeling educated and informed
*Feeling prepared in your role in the birthing room
*Feeling confident in your abilities to offer comfort
*Feeling connected to the birther and their needs
*Feeling powerful, present, calm and supported
What You Will learn
- To understand your role in the birthing room
- To have all of your questions answered
- To go over any of your concerns
- How to be confident and feel prepared
- To eliminate fear
- Comfort measures and practice them
- All about labour and birth
- What to expect in the birthing room
- To feel comfortable and useful
My Role as Your Birth Partner Trainer
- To educate you on your role
- To prepare you for the labour and the birth
- To help you address and deal with your fears
- To offer comfort measures and grounding techniques for both yourself and the Birther
- To provide you with all the evidence based research so you can be the best birth partner for the birther
- To go through all of the items that need to be in the hospital bags (should this be a hospital birth)
Why is Doula Care so Effective
The Positive Effects of a Doula at Your Birth
Evidence on: Doulas (evidencebasedbirth.com)
Here is an excerpt from this article:
How is a doula different from having your partner/spouse there?
"Some people think that they do not need a doula because their partner will be with them continuously throughout labor. It is true that the birth partner is an essential support person for a birthing person to have by their side. However, the birth partner will need to eat and use the bathroom at times, and they are having their own emotional journey that requires support.
Also, many partners have limited knowledge about birth, medical procedures, or what goes on in a hospital, while doulas have knowledge and experience about all of these things that they can use to inform and support both the partner and birthing person. Ideally, doulas and partners can work together to make up a labor support team.
In one landmark study that evaluated the effects of doulas and fathers working together, researchers found that combining a supportive partner and a doula significantly lowered the mother’s risk of Cesarean compared to just having a supportive partner alone.
In 2008, McGrath and Kennell randomly assigned 420 first-time mothers to have routine care (including a supportive partner) or care that also included a professional doula whom they met for the first time during labor. All of the women in the study were classified as having middle- to upper-class financial income levels, having supportive partners, and in the care of obstetricians.
During labor, doulas provided continuous support, including encouragement, reassurance, and physical support. They helped the partner support the laboring person, and were careful not to take over the partner’s role.
The results showed a substantial improvement in outcomes for women who had both a birth partner and a doula, compared to having a birth partner alone. The Cesarean rate for these first-time mothers was 25% in the group with a partner only, and 13.4% in the group with a partner and doula. The women who had their labor medically induced experienced an even more striking decrease in the Cesarean rate with a doula—the Cesarean rate with labor inductions was 58.8% in the group without a doula, and 12.5% in the group with a doula. Also, fewer women in the doula group required an epidural (64.7%) compared to those without a doula (76%).
Research has shown that the most positive birth experiences for fathers were ones where they had continuous support by a doula or a midwife. In the McGrath and Kennell study, the women and their partners who had a doula overwhelmingly rated the support of their doula as positive—with 93% rating their experience with the doula as very positive, and 7% as positive. In other studies, fathers have said that when they had labor support from a midwife or doula, things were explained to them, their questions were answered, their labor support efforts were guided and effective, and they could take breaks from the emotional intensity of the labor without abandoning their laboring partner (Johansson, 2015).
What the Studies Show
Pregnant people have reported feeling more confident is themselves and their bodies ability to birth after deciding to work with a Doula.
Research shows that birthers value and benefit from the presence of a support person during labour and childbirth.
Did you know that 90% of epidurals can be avoided if you have a support person in the room working with you? Should you chose an unmedicated birth, labour is often greatly reduced, delivery is smoother and easier on both the birther and the baby and your baby is less sleepy and has an easier time nursing should you chose to breastfeed.
Most birthers have reported feeling understood, valued, empowered, more present and less foggy during labour and delivery.
All birthers report that they felt supported, nurtured, loved and a part of their own birth experience when working with a doula. You never feel alone. You never feel like you are in the dark with no answers.
Postpartum depression is said to be lower in women who were supported in pregnancy and labour.
Postpartum depression is significantly decreased in women who work with a doula after baby is born and in the fist few months of parenthood as they feel supported and validated.
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