Birth Doula During Delivery – Part II

Many couples spending lavishly on their wedding day yet ponder twice on shelling fractionally lesser on whether to hire a birth doula on the big occasion of delivering their baby.

Many services providing doulas ask for their fee structure split up into a number of mini-payments. A part of the payment is to be handed over when the contract is signed; part of it between thirty-six and thirty-eight weeks of gestation and the remnant is due at delivery.

However one would wonder what to do in case of an unanticipated caesarean section. A number of doula services state that in case the doulas did not offer labor support since the expecting mom underwent a caesarean section then the cash could be directed in the direction of post-delivery care by the doula coming up to around twenty-five dollars hourly charge. Some other doula services do not refund the money back in such a scenario and the doula’s presence would be there for providing support at the time and post caesarean section in the hospital. But a number of medical facilities merely permit the presence of one more individual during the caesarean section procedure and classically a pregnant woman would want her mate to accompany her during that time. Hence, despite the part played by the birth doula might become outmoded in case of an unanticipated caesarean section one would yet owe the doula cash.

Handy Pointers to Bear in Mind when one hires a Doula

• Not letting the doula take over the to-be father’s part and rather hiring one who would help in enhancing the male partner’s capability of providing security and backing at the time of labor with the reassuring awareness that mom and infant are being tended to at each stage.
• Signing up for a birth doula would pacify you that one certainly would be seeing a known face when undergoing labor. Nurses tending to expectant moms could change shift-wise and several gynaecologists operate in groups which means that in case one’s physician is not on-call or out on leave then one would see a new physician during the delivery process. Doulas could nevertheless be a lasting source of reassurance.
• Ensuring  that the doula is on the analogous page as you – for instance  in case one plans for an innate delivery however then have a change of mind and would want an epidural then ensure that the doula would be cooperative irrespective of what path is chosen. It is best to avoid hiring a doula that tends to impose her convictions on you. Hence, hiring a doula that would help you in upholding your beliefs by offering you necessary info you require regarding the decision one has to arrive at and respect and provide you constant emotional backing needed.

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth

Well-formed decision-making should perennially entail analyzing the advantages and downsides of any scenario. It is worthwhile pointing out that it has been cited that several nursing staff feel endangered by and ‘at-odds’ with a birth doula – maintaining that birth doulas try questioning their ability and interfering in decision-making which must be made by medically adept personnel.

As several medical facilities are apparently defunct, it might be helpful to enquire from one’s physician whether he/she is aware of any doulas or services providing them. This way the physician is notified that one is keen on having a doula at the time of labor & delivery and might also be able to suggest a doula that would gel ably with his/her work force.

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