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As your personal DOULA, I would provide Physical Support that is essential as it helps you maintain a sense of control, comfort, and confidence.

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Physical Support may include:

*Soothing with touch through the use of massage, and counter pressure

*Helping to create a calm environment, like dimming lights and arranging curtains

*Assisting with water therapy (shower, tub)

*Applying warmth or cold

*Assisting the birthing person in walking to and from the bathroom

*Giving ice chips, food, and drinks

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Providing Emotional Support leads to benefits that include helping the birthing person feel cared for and feel a sense of pride and empowerment after birth. MY primary goals are to care for each individual

 

client's emotional health and enhances her ability to have a positive birth experience.

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Emotional Support may include for both the client and their partner:

*Continuous presence

*Reassurance

*Encouragement

*Praise

+Helping the birthing person see themselves or their situation more positively

*Keeping company

*Showing a caring attitude

*Mirroring—calmly describing what the birthing person is experiencing and echoing back the same feelings and intensity

*Accepting what the birthing person wants

*Helping the birthing person and partner work through fears and self-doubt

*Debriefing after the birth—listening to the mother with empathy

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Informational  Support is provided to help keep you and partner informed about what’s going on with the course of labor, as well as provides them with access to evidence-based information about birth options. (Medical advice is NOT provided)

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Informational Support includes:

*Guiding the birthing person and their partner through labor

*Suggesting techniques in labor, such as breathing, relaxation techniques, movement, and positioning (positioning is important both with and without epidurals)

*Helping them find evidence-based information about different options in pregnancy and childbirth

*Helping explain medical procedures before or as they occur

*Helping the partner understand what’s going on with their loved one’s labor (for example, interpreting the different sounds the birthing person makes)

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Advocacy Support which can be defined as “supporting an individual or group to gain what they need from the system” or supporting a person in their right to self-determination.

 

Advocacy Support includes

*Encouraging the birthing person or their partner to ask questions and verbalize their preferences

*Asking the birthing person what they want

*Supporting the birthing person’s decision

*Amplifying the mother’s voice if she is being dismissed, ignored, or not heard, “Excuse me, she’s trying to tell you something. I wasn’t sure if you heard her or not.”

*Creating space and time for the birthing family so that they can ask questions, gather evidence-based information, and make decisions without feeling pressured

*Facilitating communication between the parents and care providers

*I do not include speaking on behalf of the client

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Karina Bonds

Doula

Attaining a Master’s Degree in Special Education and Curriculum/Instruction, Karina has extensive experience in servicing others in a wide range of fields such as Hospitality, Assisted Living, and Special Education. The last 11 years have been spent in the classroom as both a Special Education and Health/Physical Education Teacher. A mother of three bright and talented young ladies, she’s very passionate about building self-esteem, self-care, and awareness. Karina’s background has led her into the field of becoming a certified Doula where she provides guidance, emotional and physical support during your pregnancy, child birth and postpartum. Why might you choose Karina? She will meet with you during your second or third trimester to get acquainted, answer your questions about the birthing process, help you develop a birth plan, will teach you relaxation and breathing skills. During Birth, Karina will stay with you to provide comfort and support, use massage and touch to help you relax and rest, help you get into comfortable positions, and help you get adequate nutrition and fluids and provide support and encouragement to you, your partner and family members after bringing your baby home.

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