Doula
Because Birth Matters
A doula is someone who provides non-clinical support and care to a woman (and her partner) during childbirth. A doula facilitates a positive, healthy and natural birth experience. She knows that respect, listening and ensuring that parents be a part of the birthing process make a big difference
Doula is Greek word meaning caregiver, though today we use that word to describe a trained and experienced labour companion that provides a woman and her partner emotional and physical support, as well as assistance in advocating for the mother and the baby.
A Birth Doula: Recognizes birth as a key life experience that the mother will always remember, She understands the physiology of birth, Assists the woman and her partner prepare and carry out their plans for the birth, Stays with a labouring woman throughout the entire labout, and Facilitates communication between the labouring woman, her partner, and her clinical care provider.
A doula’s presence at birth
• tends to result in shorter labors with fewer complications
• reduces negative feelings about one’s childbirth experience
• reduces the need for pitocin (a labor-inducing drug), forceps or vacuum extraction and cesareans
• reduces the mother’s request for pain medication and/or epidurals
Research shows parents who receive support can:
• Feel more secure and cared for
• Are more successful in adapting to new family dynamics
• Have greater success with breastfeeding
• Have greater self-confidence
• Have less postpartum depression
• Have lower incidence of abuse
About Ananda More
I’m Homeopathic Doctor, Reiki Master and Trained Doula. As I’m currently working towards DONA certification I’m offering services at a highly discounted rate.
I’m Mom to a precocious and fabulous girl, and having experienced my own doula supported labour I realized that providing labour care would be not only gratifying for me but important to building wholistic community and healthy families.
I believe that birth is a natural process that can be spiritual, positive, comfortable and even pain free. Every woman has a right to make informed choices as to her pregnancy, labour and birth. I’ll help you source out information, understand the birthing process, create a birth plan and support you in that plan. A doula’s advocacy role is to help the parents get all the information they require in order to make decisions in
pressured situations.
As a Homeopathic Doctor I can provide Homeopathic Birth Support which can help with emotional and physical conditions that may arise (such as back labour, failure to dilate, or anxiety). As a Reiki Master I can provide energetic treatment during labour to help you relax, reduce pain, and encourage a healthy and
natural birth.
as well as a multidisciplinary clinic. I am also a founding member of Healthy Mama, a wholistic care program for expectant moms. I am registered with the Ontario Homeoapthic Association and have been practicing for over years.