A non-medical person who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support before, during and after childbirth.

Description

Doulas are non-medical professionals who provide emotional, physical, and informational support during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. They are trained to help birthing individuals and their families achieve the healthiest and most satisfying experience possible.

In addition to prenatal visits, support during labor/delivery, and postpartum visits, many doulas provide additional services, such as lactation support, newborn care and parenting classes, massage, and aromatherapy. Doulas may provide services in a variety of settings, such as a hospital, home, birthing center, and telehealth. Doulas do not deliver babies or provide medical care.

About This Location

The information below shares unique characteristics and specialties about this individual doula.

• This provider works with: My Love Grows

• Personal Identity: Black/African American, Low-Income, Rural, Mexican American

• Specializations: Cultural practices/ceremonies/traditions, Home birth, Induction of labor, Medical complication(s) (mother), Medical complication(s) (baby), Natural/holistic, Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Non-English speaking, Planning Cesarean section, Pregnancy after miscarriage/loss, Pre-term labor/delivery, Religious practices, Surrogacy, Trauma informed support, Twins/multiples, Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)/Trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC), Virtual/remote support

• Additional services offered: Babywearing education, Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss), Bodywork, Childbirth education services, Cloth diapering education, Cultural practices, ceremony, or other traditions, Extended Postpartum, Lactation support (non-IBCLC), Newborn care and parenting classes, Photography - Newborn, maternity, and/or birth, Prenatal & postpartum fitness services, Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Anoka County
  • Carver County
  • Chisago County
  • Dakota County
  • Hennepin County
  • Isanti County
  • Ramsey County
  • Scott County
  • Sherburne County
  • Washington County
  • Wright County

• Doula Birth Settings
  • At home birth
  • Birth center
  • Clinic
  • Hospital
  • Telehealth

• Doula Specialization
  • Cultural practices/ceremonies/traditions
  • Home birth
  • Induction of labor
  • Medical complication(s) (baby)
  • Medical complication(s) (mother)
  • Natural/holistic
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  • Non-English speaking
  • Planning cesarean section
  • Pregnancy after miscarriage/loss
  • Pre-term labor/delivery
  • Religious practices
  • Surrogacy
  • Trauma informed support
  • Twins/multiples
  • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)/Trial of Labor After Cesarean (TOLAC)
  • Virtual/remote support

• Payment
  • Medicaid (Medical Assistance)
  • Private health insurance
  • Private pay
  • Sliding fee scale

• Specialization
  • African American Community
  • High risk pregnancy
  • Immigrants
  • Mental health
  • People with low income
  • Remote
  • Teen parent