Women supporting women through childbirth has been happening for thousands of years. Mothers, sisters, aunts and grandmothers educate, support and share their stories with birthing moms in every culture.

Today those stories are full of disapointment and feelings of failure. I believe birth is one of the major stepping stones into becoming a woman. If we come out of it feeling we failed, how does that affect our relationship with our child? How does it affect how we view ourselves... and how does it change our lives?

Choosing to educate yourself about birth and having a birth attendant with you at your birth will be one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Your birth should be one of the most empowering experiences of your life.

Here are some of the statistical changes in a birth that a labor support person makes:

• 50% reduction in cesarean rate
• 25% shorter labor
• 60% redustion in epidural requests
• 40% redustion in oxytocin use
• 30% reduction in analgesia use
• 40% redustion in forceps delivery

What story will you be passing down to your children and friends?

Will it be one of empowerment or fear?

Will your story be about how you managed your birth, or how your birth was manged?

Here are some of the benefits of having a labor support person:

• Education to the mother and father
• Nutures & comforts the family
• Protects the rights of the clients
• Assist there clients in developing a birth plan
• Facilitates communication between parents and care givers
• Understands the physiology of birth
• Stays by the parents side through the birth and post partum period

When choosing a doula or labor support person, make sure you find someone you can completely trust:

• Somone that has many years of experience
• Somone that has a good reputation with care providers and the hospital you are using.
• Someone that shares your views.

When we meet we will put together a plan that fills your needs. Every woman and birth are different.

Fees will be based on individual needs and plans.