Memories of giving birth stay with you for the rest of your life.
A doula, or professional labor assistant can help you and your partner to have a more satisfying experience by providing you with continuous emotional support, physical comfort measures, and encouragement.
Over a dozen randomized control studies show that doulas benefit mothers and their partners in many ways.
Some of the advantages of labor support include:
Additionally, longterm benefits of labor support include:
AMANDA SAWIRES YAGER, H.B.C.E., C.C.E., C.D. offers services as an empathetic and experienced professional labor assistant and a certified HypnoBirthing® educator. She has attended over 50 births.
The focus of her work as a trainer for over 23 years has been on empowering individuals through teaching self-advocacy, communication skills and optimizing access to resources. Grateful and elated with her own birthing experience, in which she was supported by her partner and by her doula, and informed by HypnoBirthing®, she created BirthWhile Resources HypnoBirthing® Education and Doula Services to assist other women in returning to a trusting and confident state while birthing.
Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner, Certified Childbirth Educator
Certified Doula (ALACE)
telephone: (617) 331-0385
e-mail: amanda@birthwhile.com
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