Doula Support

Prenatal & Labor Doula Support

Doula support for birthing parents includes prenatal visits, support at a hospital or home birth, and postpartum visits.

The role of a doula is to:

• Provide emotional and physical support to clients and their partners

• Provide evidence-based information on birth options and resources, and help the client understand this information

• Encourage informed consent and decision-making

• Assist the preparation of birth preferences to facilitate communication with the birth team

• Provide clients with non-medical comfort techniques for labor, such as positions and movement, touch, visualization, breathing techniques and affirmations

• Encourage self-advocacy, confidence and empowerment

Katie Doyle, founder of Root & Blossom Birth Services, is a CAPPA-trained doula and childbirth educator with Birthing from Within™. In addition, Katie is certifying with Body Ready Method™ to support parents in movement practices that encourage optimal maternal and fetal positioning and pelvic space during both pregnancy and labor.