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Resources From Your Doula
Educating yourself is the first step to taking charge of your pregnancy and birth experience. Then hiring a doula to be part of the birthing team.
Local Birthing Facilities I offer doula support
Local Childbirth Education
Charleston Birth Place – Build Your Nest
Novant Health ( East Cooper Medical Center)
Roper St. Francis Healthcare – Call: 843-402-2273
Online Childbirth Education
Recommended literature from your doula
Guide to Childbirth by Ina Mays
Natural Hospital Birth by Cynthia Gabriel
Birth Without Fear by January Harshe
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
The Couple’s Pregnancy Guide by D’Anthony and Rachel Ward
Bumpin’ by Leslie Schrock
Nurture by Erica Chili
The First Fourty Days by Heng Ou, Amely Greeven, Marisa Berger
Cribsheet by Emily Oster
Podcasts your doula loves
All Podcasts below can be found on Spotify
- Built To Birth by Bridget Teller
- Evidence Based Birth by Rebecca Dekker, PhD., RN
- Birth Hour – Birth Story Podcast on Spotify
- Your Pregnancy Week by Week by Judith Schuler on Spotify
- All About Pregnancy & Birth by Dr. Nicole C Rankins
- Is It Normal by Jessie Ware
- The Ultimate pregnancy Prep Podcast by Nora DeBora
- The Birth Experience by Labor Nurse Mama
There is an "App" for that
All Apps below are can be found on the Apple App Store
- Christina Hypnobirthing
- GentleBirth Pregnancy App
- Contraction Timer – Time Laobr
- Pregnancy Tracker – BabyCenter
- Babylist Baby Registry
- Baby Feed Timer, breastfeeding
- Baby Tracker – Newborn Log
- Huckleberry:Baby & Child
"We have a secret in our culture, and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong."
byLaura Stavoe Harm
Hypnobirthing - Certified Hypnodoula
The benefits of Hypnobirthing include:
- Pain Management – without medication
- Reduced Fear and anxieties – help feeling more confident and less anxious during birthing time
- Reduced Need for medical interventions – coping without medical assistance
- Shorter Labor – Hypnobirthing can shorten the first and second stage of laobr
- Positive Birth Experience – experiencing a more positive birth
- Reduced risk of postpartum depression – can help reduce the risk of postpartum depression
Who – Where & How
Hypnobabies – in-person, online, and hybrid classes
HypnoBirthing International – in-person and virtual classes
Built To Birth Hypnobirthing – online course
Lactation Essentials
Take a basic breastfeeding course in pregnancy. Check with your doula or hire a lactation counselor.
Items to have:
Nursing bras & Nursing Pads
Nursing Cover
Nipple Cream
Breast pump
Breastfeeding pillow
Nipple shields
Silverettes
Hot & Ice Packs
Postpartum Essentials
ForMom:
- Peri rinse bottle or bidet toilet attachment
- Pain Medication
- Hot & Cold Packs
- Stool Softener
- Hemorrhoid cream
- Sitz Bath
- Perineal spray
- Numbing Spray
- Epsom Salt
- Adult Diapers
- Menstrual Pads
- Comfotable underwear and clothing
- Lots of pillows
For Baby:
- Diapers
- Wipes
- Rash Cream
- Swaddle Blanket
- Burb Cloths
- Pacifier
- Baby Thermometer
- Mittens