What to Expect from Your DoulaMost women and their partners believe that they will be given emotional support by the doctors, nurses, and the hospital staff. The sad but true reality is is that your doctor will probably not arrive to care for you until minutes before you give birth, and the nurses will have multiple patients to attend to as well as required paperwork and charting to complete. By hiring a doula, you will never have to worry about being left alone to deal with painful contractions. The doula is your employee, not the hospitals. A doula attends the family before, during, and just after the birth of the baby. The certified doula is trained to deliver emotional support from home to hospital, ease the transition into the hospital environment and be there through changing hospital shifts and alternating provider schedules. the doula serves as an advocate, labor coach, and information source to give the mother and her partner the added comfort of additional support throughout the entire labor.
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