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Birth of the Family

Through providing emotional support, physical support, and unbiased information, I will work for you and your partner to help you experience the birth of your little one as you wish it to be. As your own personal employee - not that of a hospital or any other organization - I will play an integral role in your experience as a family; helping you to gain the confidence you will need to love and raise that child into a good human being.

 

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your birth, your baby

YOUR FAMILY

 

You are a strong, capable person who is about to welcome a new life into this world ... and blessed to live at a time where the sky is the limit!  Do your research, ask around, and discuss options with your sweetheart. There are many ways to have a baby; let me help the two of you find your best way to start your family.

Doula Utah

Doula (doo-luh)

Mod Greek, 

 

 

 

: a woman                              

 in                                       

who provides                                          

 

and                                   

to a mother                       

 

and                              

 

 

 

Birth of the Family

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I had the privilege of having Allie as my doula for the birth of my second child. With my first, (I didn’t have a doula) I had to be induced after my water broke and wasn’t getting contractions. Needless to say, I eventually received an epidural. I knew for my second delivery that I wanted to have a natural, med-free birth. If it weren’t for Allie, I don’t think that would’ve been possible. She was with me every step of the way. She assisted me in laboring at home and at the hospital. Thank God for her big blue ball, which I labored on for several hours. Also, I think her foot massages are what got me through the intense couple of hours when I was stuck at 8 cm dilated. There were definitely moments when I didn’t think I had the strength or stamina to continue, but her words of encouragement and her calm presence kept me going. After my experience, I believe every woman should have a doula, and if you’re fortunate enough…you’ll have Allie!

 

Sona Bakijanian

Allie Gunn CD(DONA)

are doulas
EFFECTIVE?

 

“In the late 1970s, when Drs. John Kennell and Marshall Klaus investigated ways to enhance maternal-infant bonding they found, almost accidentally, that introducing a doula into the labor room not only improved the bond between mother and infant, but also seemed to decrease the incidence of complications.(6,7) Since their original studies, published in 1980 and 1986, numerous scientific trials have been conducted in many countries comparing usual care with usual care plus a doula.

 

Findings of Hodnett’s et al meta-analysis of 15 trials from N. America, Europe, and Africa(10),  Women cared for during labor by a birth doula, compared to those receiving usual care were:

 

  • 26% less likely to give birth by cesarean section

  • 41% less likely to give birth with a vacuum extractor or forceps

  • 28% less likely to use any analgesia or anesthesia

  • 33% less likely to be dissatisfied or negatively rate their birth experience

 

Obstetric outcomes were most improved and intervention rates most dramatically lowered by doulas in settings where the women had no loved ones present, the intervention rates were routinely high (as indicated by the data for the control groups) and the doulas were not health care professionals.”

 

http://www.dona.org/publications/position_paper_birth.php

female helper

from Greek doulē

 

experienced

maidservant

childbirth,

advice,

information,

emotional support,

physical comfort

before,

just after

during,

childbirth.

Currently serving

Northern Utah

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