Pregnancy & Birth Support Services
Kamloops, Okanagan, Thompson-Nicola, BC
Would you like to feel more prepared and confident in coping with the intensity and unknowns of childbirth? Then a doula may be just right for you.
A Doula is a women who is experienced in childbirth, through becoming a mother herself and /or by attending many births and receiving specific training in pregnancy and birth support. They provide emotional, practical and physical support throughout labor, birth and beyond.
Research shows that when mothers and fathers are "mothered" in labor and early postpartum start off feeling more confident in their new parenting role. Women who have Doulas at their birth have been assessed as being more sensitive, loving and responsive to their infants.
Benefits of a Doula
- the duration of the birth process is decreased by 25%
- cesarean surgery rates decrease by 50%
- need for required pain meds is decreased by 60%
- over all satisfaction with the birth increased
- increased success with breastfeeding
- decreased incidence of postpartum depression
We are accepting clients in the Thompson-Nicola and Okanagan region in the interior of British Columbia.
Read more about our services, the doula process and fees here. Find out a little more about us here.
