Labor Support

Our Labor Support package includes a prenatal meeting; 24/7 text message, phone, or email support; in-person support during and immediately after your labor and birth; phone support through your first week postpartum; and a postpartum meeting. Let’s look a bit closer at what that all means.

• Prenatal Meeting: During this meeting, you and your doula will talk about your overall wishes for your birth and go over specific scenarios in order to draw up your birth plan and discuss how your doula will support you through that plan.

• 24/7 on-call support: For every question or concern that pops up during your pregnancy, your doula is just a phone call (or text message, or email) away. Instead of searching for hours on google, you can trust your doula has the expert knowledge to assist and reassure you through whatever uncertainty you are facing.

• In-person support during and immediately after labor and birth: Your doula will be ready to support you physically, emotionally, and educationally in whatever way you need during your labor and birth. Some examples are:

  - Labor and pushing positions and techniques

  - Massage/Counter-pressure to ease discomfort and promote relaxation

  - Reminding you and your partner to hydrate and eat as needed

  - Reassuring you through the many emotions that come with labor and childbirth

  - Providing information about pain relief options, interventions, and answering questions you may have

  - Helping establish breastfeeding directly after birth

  - Guiding you through the basics of caring for your new baby

• Postpartum phone support: You might have questions during the first few days of your baby’s life. Your doula can answer any questions you have regarding postpartum healing, infant care, and the transition of adding a new baby to your family.

• Postpartum Meeting: Your doula will schedule this meeting with you to check-in, talk about your birth, assist with any concerns you might have, and discuss needs for further services or support.

Postpartum Support

The transition your family goes through when bringing a new baby home can be so rewarding and filled with joy, and also confusing, and exhausting, and harder than you thought it would be. That’s okay!

You can trust in the expert postpartum care provided by GLOW Family Doulas. Whether you need an extra set of hands around the house, someone to care for baby (and siblings) while you shower or nap, someone who has the knowledge to answer your questions, or just a listening ear, your doula will be there.

You might be asking, “What specifically will a postpartum doula help with?”

Let’s look at some examples:

• Answering questions and giving information on things like

  -What is “normal” and what might need more attention in postpartum recovery

  -Relieving pain and easing discomfort related to postpartum healing

  -Changing babies diaper

  -Swaddling

  -Soothing baby

  -Safe sleep

  -Bathing baby

  -Infant feeding

  -Sleep Shaping

  -Cloth Diapering

  -Babywearing

  -And more

• Providing physical help such as

  -Caring for baby while you eat, shower, nap, or get a few minutes to yourself

  -Sibling care

  -Helping with breastfeeding positions or latch

  -Washing/sanitizing bottles, pacifiers, breast pump parts

  -Helping with laundry

  -Meal or Snack Prep

  -Other light housekeeping

• Listening, understanding, reassuring, and encouraging you as new parents

  - Sometimes in the postpartum period, what you need most is someone just to sit and talk with; someone you know will listen actively without judgment or bias; someone to be your “person”. Let your doula be this someone!