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	BABY MOON, Resources for Birth and Life
		Doulas are not employees of the hospital, and therefore have no other commitments during a woman's labor.
		Your doula recognizes birth as a key life experience that you will remember all your life, and she is there to nurture and protect your memory of your birth experience.
		A postpartum doula comes to the home and helps to care for the woman and her baby after the birth by providing help with newborn care and instruction, mother care, assistance with breastfeeding, general family and household support, assistance with other children in the home, and additional resources, as needed.
	www.baby-moon.org /doulas.html (1638 words)

	Create Best Birth Memories -- Doula Services -- Denver/Westminster/Boulder Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The role of the doula is to provide a nurturing, helpful, and objective female supporter so that the family member chosen to be present at the birth does not have sole responsibility for the labor.
		The presence of a doula complements a father's role and strengthens it.
		A doula can decrease the father's anxiety, give him support and encouragement, and teach him specific tasks allowing him to reach out to his wife in a more caring and nurturing fashion.
	www.doula4birth.com (164 words)

	MoonDragon's Pregnancy Information - Doula Care
		In a homebirth setting, it is wise for the mother and her partner discuss the use of a doula with the midwife prior to the labor and birth.
		Prospective doulas study the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy from conception to birth, and are required to attend childbirth preparation classes such as Bradley or Lamaze.
		Doulas are usually very respectful of the intimate bond between mother and her partner, other family members, and members of the birthing team (midwife and her assistants) and will often work in the background to encourage participation and develop confidence in the support team members.
	www.moondragon.org /pregnancy/doulacare.html (1264 words)

	Doula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A doula is a non-medical assistant in prenatal care, childbirth and during the postpartum period.
		Labor support doulas are trained and experienced labor support persons who attend to the emotional and physical comfort needs of laboring women to smooth the labor process.
		A labor support doula joins a laboring woman either at her home or in hospital or birth center and remains with her until a few hours after the birth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doula (840 words)

	CAPPA Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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.
		During the follow-up interview, 96% of the women who had doulas and 66% of those in the usual-care group were interested in having a doula for their next birth.
	www.cappa.net /labordo.asp (3218 words)

	Doulapregnancy.com
		And have participated in over 100 births as a doula, qualified midwife in Ireland, and as a RN in California.
		I see my role as an educator, a comforter and a supporter; I empower, reassure and help the woman to be as relaxed and calm as possible through the process of labor and delivery.
		As a doula, a mother, a midwife and an RN, I can provide a uniquely-experienced voice "translating" options that might arise as a result of this most profound of life experiences.
	www.doulapregnancy.com (230 words)

	Doula...Professional Childbirth Assistant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A doula is a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother and her partner before, during and just after childbirth.
		Doulas believe that pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding are normal, natural and healthy processes.
		Doulas understand the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of a laboring woman and her partner.
	www.doulakelley.com (483 words)

	what_is_a_doula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Doulas accompany women in labor to help ensure a safe and satisfying birth experience.
		A doula is independent and works for the laboring woman, not the caregiver or hospital.
		Dolphin Doula will provide a postpartum visit one to two weeks after the birth to assess how you are doing, review the birth, admire your baby, and get feedback on the doula’s role.
	www.dolphinyogaanddoulacenter.com /what_is_a_doula.htm (299 words)

	Doula services Dallas TX metroplex - home
		Elizabeth is a licensed massage therapist, certified in pregnancy massage and trained as a doula.
		She is usually older, has experienced childbirth herself, and now accompanies a younger woman in labor to help insure a positive and transformative birth experience.
		A doula does not perform clinical tasks such as blood pressure or fetal heart rate monitoring; she does provide physical, emotional, and educational support for communication with the medical staff.
	www.doula-massage.com /index.htm (199 words)

	Doulas
		The Greek word, "doula," which means "servant," has in recent years come to describe a professional birth companion or postpartum companion who is experienced in providing nonmedical physical and emotional support to the childbearing woman and her partner.
		A doula can provide continuity of care from meeting with a woman and her partner prenatally to accompanying them throughout the labor and birth process and remaining in contact during the postpartum period.
		Specifically, during birth, the doula can remind or assist the mother with various comfort techniques she plans to use, such as breathing patterns, positions and mobility, relaxation and visualization, risks and benefits of specific options/procedures or interventions that may arise.
	www.expectantmothersguide.com /library/EUSdoula.htm (254 words)

	Choosing a labor doula: Answers to your most-asked questions
		Find out what a doula is, as well as the benefits of doula care and then get answers to some of your most-asked questions about hiring a labor doula for your birth.
		Working as a team, the doula enhances and complements the father's care while relieving him of the perhaps unrealistic expectation that he know all and be all to you in labor (2).
		Some doulas also choose not to attend births in certain hospitals or work with certain care providers either because the approach to labor and birth runs so contrary to her own or the staff or care provider opposes using doulas.
	parenting.ivillage.com /pregnancy/plabor/0,,p9d0,00.html (978 words)

	Having a Doula : American Pregnancy Association
		A doula acts as a silent advocate for the mother, encouraging her in her desires for her birth.
		The goal of a doula is to help the mother have a positive and safe birth experience, whether the mother wants an un-medicated birth or is having a planned cesarean birth.
		A doula can be with the mother at all times throughout a cesarean, explaining what is going on throughout the procedure while the partner is able to attend to the baby and accompany the newborn to the nursery if problems arise.
	www.americanpregnancy.org /planningandpreparing/havingadoula.html (1333 words)

	Pregnancy Today: Why hire a doula? - an Interview with Penny Simkin
		She has attended approximately 300 births, "which," she contends, "is not a lot." She explained the advantages of having a doula present, even when the laboring woman is surrounded by friends, family, her partner, and midwives or nurses.
		"In comparing a doula to a best friend or the woman's mother or sister, the difference is the experience and the perspective of the doula, and her hands-on knowledge.
		Doulas have had training in a variety of situations, such as when labor slows down, or if the mother becomes discouraged, or if she's having back pain.
	pregnancytoday.com /reference/articles/simkin-whydoula.htm (772 words)

	What is a Doula?
		Doula is a Greek word for “woman’s servant.” A birth doula is a supportive companion professionally trained to provide labor support.
		A doula provides continuous support, beginning during labor (at whatever point the mother requests her presence) through birth, and for approximately 2 hours following the birth.
		Doulas can be the primary support for the mother, or can be an additional member of her existing labor support team.
	www.transitiontoparenthood.com /ttp/Doula/doulahome.htm (383 words)

	Precious Beginnings Doula Program
		Doula is a Greek word and refers to a woman experienced in childbirth that provides physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during, and just after childbirth.
		For women with or without partners, the Doula may be a significant source of focused, continuous emotional support throughout the mother's labor.
		Doulas meet with clients for a prenatal consultation and then stay in touch with the family by phone.
	www.kmcnetwork.org /wcs/CE_9.cfm (420 words)

	Extension and Doula Education at SMS
		Doula (doo’-luh) is a Greek word referring to an experienced woman who helps other women.
		A birth doula assists the pregnant woman and her family in preparing and carrying out their birth plans.
		The postpartum doula helps meet this need by educating, nurturing, and empowering mothers and families towards confidence in their new roles.
	www.seattlemidwifery.org /doula_education.htm (369 words)

	Doula Difference - Let a doula make the difference in your birth experience
		The term “Doula” comes from the ancient Greeks who selected a special handmaiden to attend the lady of the house during childbirth.
		The modern day doula is a woman who is experienced in childbirth and provides continual physical, emotional, and medical advocacy support before during and after childbirth.
		The presence of a doula results in a marked decrease in birth interventions, including drugs, forceps births, and cesarean sections.
	www.douladifference.com /index.html (145 words)

	Brenda Shumway
		A doula's purpose is to protect the positive memory of this birth and actively support the mother so that she has a safe and satisfying childbirth as she herself defines it.
		It is not the role of the doula to discourage the mother from her choices.
		A surgical delivery can sometimes be sterile and impersonal; a doula can give the parents reassurance, make them aware of their options, and cast a positive glow on their experience.
	www.doula.freehosting.net (562 words)

	Doula \| Pregnancy Weekly
		In the role of labor support, a doula brings a relaxed, natural approach to labor and delivery, and having her present means that the laboring mother does not have to rely only on the expectant father for encouragement and help in dealing with pain.
		The theory is that mothers attended by doulas produce lower levels of stress hormones than mothers left alone in labor or attended by inexperienced coaches.
		Another great benefit of choosing to have a doula during labor and delivery is that since babies don't wait for hospital nursing shift changes to be born, a doula will be with you continuously no matter what is going on elsewhere on the floor.
	www.pregnancyweekly.com /pregnancy_information/doula.htm (792 words)

	Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Fundamental to doula care is the understanding that continuous emotional support and reassurance during labor and birth improves and enhances maternal satisfaction.
		Doulas are labor support professionals experienced in childbirth who provide continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the laboring woman before, during, and just after childbirth.
		Doulas will be acknowledged as members of the maternity care team whose sole role is to help ensure that the emotional and physical comfort needs of childbearing women are met.
	www.pals-doulas.org.cob-web.org:8888 (154 words)

	Texas Doula, birth assistant, labor support specialist,professional labor assistant,birth doula,labor ...
		A doula is not there to take over the role of labor coach from the dad, but to enhance the birth experience for everyone.
		A doula can be a support person for you after you have arrived home with your baby and have question.
		The goal of the doula is for you to have the best birth experience you can have and the support you need to achieve it.
	texasdoula.org (362 words)

	MotherLove, Inc. - Doula Training
		Doulas are a new addition to Maternity Care, however they are a return to an age-old tradition of women-to-women support during pregnancy, labor, birth and the first weeks with a newborn.
		Doula offer women, their partners and family members emotional support, alternative comfort techniques and help facilitate positive communication and informed consent between the women and her medical providers.
		Doulas compliment the care the women are already receiving and add a continuous, caring, nurturing presence to all.
	www.midwiferytoday.com /friends/motherlove (1981 words)

	Doula Services
		Doulas educate women regarding their options during childbirth and then act as advocates when presenting these choices to other members of the woman's medical team.
		Doulas remain with a woman throughout her entire labor, delivery and immediate postpartum periods.
		Doulas are experienced in all areas of childbirth.
	www.gentlebirth.com /doula.htm (365 words)

	Doulas: Should you hire a labor coach?
		Unfortunately, doulas' services are seldom covered by health insurance, although a few pioneering hospitals are starting to provide doulas to all laboring patients who want them.
		So hiring a doula may be the only way to assure that an experienced coach will be with you throughout the labor and delivery process.
		I had my 4th born with no hospital staff to catch her on the bed because I was crowning and no one believed me. A doula with experience might have pushed the issue, whereas my husband was just supporting me by being up by my head and trying to keep me from pushing.
	www.babycenter.com /refcap/pregnancy/childbirth/480.html (1068 words)

	DONA International – Birth Doula FAQs (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A birth doula is a person trained and experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth.
		When a doula is present during and after childbirth, women report greater satisfaction with their birth experience, make more positive assessments of their babies, have fewer cesareans and requests for medical intervention, and less postpartum depression.
		No, a doula is supportive to both the mother and her partner, and plays a crucial role in helping a partner become involved in the birth to the extent he/she feels comfortable.
	www.dona.org.cob-web.org:8888 /mothers/faqs_birth.php (533 words)

	The Doula Difference
		Studies have indicated that the use of doulas can result in labors that are 25 percent shorter.
		The doula might be running for ice chips and heat packs so that the partner can stay close by.
		Ideally, couples should hire a doula during the second trimester so that they can meet at least once or twice to get to know each other and the type of birth they're envisioning.
	www.webmd.com /content/pages/3/3608_1075 (610 words)

	Labor: Thinking of hiring a doula for labor support?
		The term doula is used to refer to an experienced labor companion who provides the woman and her partner both emotional and physical support throughout the entire labor and delivery, and to some extent, afterward.
		The doula is the neutral, objective person who helps you stick with your birth plan.
		The doula remains objective, helping the mother and birth partner stay focused on the birth plan, offering various comfort measures and continued emotional and physical support throughout childbirth.
	parenting.ivillage.com /pregnancy/plabor/0,,484l,00.html (211 words)

	Welcome to Doula UK
		Doula UK is a network of doulas run voluntarily by doulas.
		Our aims are to promote the role of doulas, to improve communication between doulas, and to advance our understanding of birth and the postnatal period.
		At the beginning of 2004, we introduced a "Recognition Process" for doulas in the UK where we have established a distinction between doulas who have simply registered with us, and those who are "recognised" as having attained a particular level of learned skills and experience.
	www.doula.org.uk (250 words)

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