What is a postpartum doula?
A postpartum doula is someone who provides physical, emotional, and informational support to a family in the first three months after birth. To care for a family as a doula involves nurturing, educating, assessing the needs of, and referring the family to other professionals as needed.
What tasks do you perform?
- Engage and nurture the entire family
- Listen to birth story as many times as you want to tell it
- Educating on infant care and postpartum expectations
- Meal plan and prep
- Set up nests for nursing and changing diapers around the house
- Offer referrals as needed
- Nurture the baby when parents need a break
- Light housework
What are the benefits of having a doula?
- Improved satisfaction with parenting role and newborn bonding
- Lower risk for postpartum mood and anxiety disorders
- Increased lactation rates and longer lactation duration
- Smoother transition and adaptation to shifting family dynamics
- Improved communication between partners