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Birth
Doula Support
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Women should be surrounded by those they love and trust
during labor, delivery, and postpartum. |
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A woman’s emotional support team is as vital to her birth
experience as her medical team. |
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Labor is not a time that women are able to be the lone
decision-makers. Advocates that are there for her are necessary to help
assist her in reaching her inner wisdom and to protect her memory of her birthing experience. |
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Families should be given the tools to help the laboring
woman achieve the birth that is safest and most satisfying for her. |
Childbirth Education
 | The essence of childbirth education is self-discovery rather than
assimilating obstetrical information.
|  | Educators provide a compassionate, supportive and nurturing environment
for all parents, gently "unlocking" women's inner wisdom of birth.
|  | Helping prepare the hearts and souls of the parents, not just their minds.
|  | Providing information on alternatives to routine labour and birthing
practices, and routines.
|  | Not involving guilt but empowering women to chose the kind of birth that
is best for them, be it medicated or unmedicated, intervention-free or
not. |
 | Giving parents tools that will support them through childbirth and beyond.
|  | Facilitating the appreciation that birth is a normal, natural and
wonderful event.
|  | Helping the mother give birth meaningfully, rather than focused on a
specific birth outcome.
|  | Empowering women and their partners to make informed decisions, to assume
responsibility for their health and to trust their inner wisdom. |
 | Women should be given the tools to achieve a natural birth, if that is
what they desire, and should be equipped with knowledge to make informed
decisions about their birth. |
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