“Doula” is an Ancient Greek word meaning "a woman who serves."
Today’s certified doulas are educated to assist a woman in labor, childbirth, and postpartum recovery. She provides emotional, physical, and informational support to help parents transition through pregnancy, birth, healing, and parenthood.
Examples of emotional support are unbiased affirmation, continuous presence, praise, mirroring, working through fear, visualization, and debriefing. Examples of physical support are providing pain relief through touch, massage, counter pressure, hydrotherapy, movement, position changes, and information on meeting nutritional needs. Examples of informational support are resources and evidence-based information, area providers and services, alternative helps, printed and online recommendations.
Northeast Indiana Doula Services’ mission is to encourage, educate, and empower women during some of the most vulnerable times of their lives, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, or loss.
“Thank you, Lora. We were truly blessed to have you and your kind spirit with us!”
Note: A Doula is not a medical professional or care provider, baby nurse, or midwife. The role of a baby nurse is the care of the newborn only. The role of a midwife is the safe delivery of a baby and the medical care of the laboring woman. The role of a doula is emotional and physical support, recovery, and education.