What is Postpartum Doula?
A Postpartum Doula specializes in nurturing the family following the arrival of a newborn baby.
A Postpartum Doula is like a loving relative with up-to-date training in infant care, breastfeeding, and newborn behavior.
The Doula’s work can include: breast and/or bottle feeding, education about newborn care, meal preparation and help with light household work.
A Postpartum Doula's job is to ’work herself out of a job’ by helping parents gain experience and confidence in their ability parent their child.
A Postpartum Doula will typically come to the parents' home every- day or every-other-day (depending on the family's needs and the Doula's schedule) for a few hours a day for the first few weeks, to make sure everything around the house is running smoothly so mom and dad can concentrate on taking care of the baby.
The DONA International Postpartum Doula Position Paper can be found on http://www.dona.org/publications/position_paper_postpartum.php
A Postpartum Doula is like a loving relative with up-to-date training in infant care, breastfeeding, and newborn behavior.
The Doula’s work can include: breast and/or bottle feeding, education about newborn care, meal preparation and help with light household work.
A Postpartum Doula's job is to ’work herself out of a job’ by helping parents gain experience and confidence in their ability parent their child.
A Postpartum Doula will typically come to the parents' home every- day or every-other-day (depending on the family's needs and the Doula's schedule) for a few hours a day for the first few weeks, to make sure everything around the house is running smoothly so mom and dad can concentrate on taking care of the baby.
The DONA International Postpartum Doula Position Paper can be found on http://www.dona.org/publications/position_paper_postpartum.php