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What Are the Benefits of Virtual Doula Support?

7/6/2020

Under the new Covid hospital policies, we have added virtual birth and postpartum doula services to continue providing professional support to families throughout pregnancy, labour, and postpartum. While your doula may not be able to provide in person support, much of doula support remains unchanged and there are so many benefits that come with virtual doula support.

5 Reasons To Hire A Birth Doula

3/5/2019

Are you pregnant and looking for extra support during your birth journey? Have you considered working with a Doula? If you have been thinking about it but still can't decide, we have put together our top 5 reasons a Doula could be right for you. Learn about the benefits and all of the ways in which they will support you and your birth journey!

1. Doulas Are All About You
During your pregnancy a Doula's number one priority is to make you feel supported. Whether that be answering your 1, 10 or 100 questions or by being accessible via e-mail, call or text, a Doula will ensure that you feel safe, respected and heard. During your labour while the rest of your team of healthcare practitioners work on keeping the baby safe, your Doula's focus is on you and your comfort supporting you physically and emotionally during your time of need.

2. Calming Energy
Labour can be a period filled with unknowns and questions that can lead to uncertainty and anxiety. When you have a doula, they are there to help normalize what you are experiencing, answer questions, and calm your anxieties. They are your support system and continue to be throughout your entire birth experience.

*partners, friends and/or family members supporting you in your birth are welcome to attend.

3. Proven Benefits Of Having A Doula
Studies have shown that when Doulas attend births, labours are shorter with fewer complications, babies are healthier and they breastfeed more easily. In fact Doulas are so important, the World Heath Organization has recommended that every mama-to-be have one.

A Doula's support can:
- shorten labour by about 1.5 hours
- decrease chance of cesarean birth by 51%
- decrease the use for pain medication by 36%
- reduce the need for pitocin by 71%
- reduce the need for forceps by 57%
- help partners participate with confidence
- facilitate mother-baby bonding & breastfeeding

4. Support For Your Partner
Birth can be a challenging time for your partner too. They will be full of questions and concerns, wondering how best to support you. Your Doula plays a crucial role in helping your partner become involved in the birth to the extent he/she feels comfortable. They can answer your partner's questions, provide reassurance and they can ease any fears allowing you to concentrate on you and your little one.

5.Your Doula Will Be Your Personal Resource Guide
One of your Birth Doula's most important roles is to educate you about the birth process and provide you with information so you can feel confident and ready for delivery.
Your Doula will offer educated advice in a personal, nonclinical way, that will address any of your specific concerns towards your pregnancy.

FREE: Doula Information Session
Mon Apr 1st 7:30PM - 8:30PM

Join other expectant parents who are interested in learning more about doula care in Toronto. These sessions answer specific questions about what birth and postpartum doulas do, what a typical doula package includes, and explain how doulas work with partners and care providers. This is a great opportunity to meet local doulas without making any commitments towards hiring.

Come alone or bring partners, friends or family members who might be supporting you.

Become A Doula

2/25/2019

Join one of our DONA approved weekend trainings and you'll gain all the education, tools and confidence you need to begin working as a doula immediately. If you feel passionate about helping women and families then this could be your next dream job.

BIRTH DOULA TRAINING
APR 5TH - APR 7TH

At the completion of the workshop participants will receive a Birth Doula Certificate, and can begin to work with families as soon as they feel confident in doing so.

PRICING:
Only A Few Spots Remaining
$549 + hst

THE TRAINING SCHEDULE

FRIDAY APR 5TH, 9:00AM - 6:00PM
SATURDAY APR 6TH, 9:00AM - 6:00PM
SUNDAY APR 7TH, 9:00AM - 6:00PM

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POSTPARTUM DOULA TRAINING
JUN 21ST - JUN 23RD

This doula workshop will teach the skills necessary to support families during the first three months as they ease into their new roles, and will focus on normal newborn behaviours and cues, postpartum adjustment, and typical questions and concerns that new families may experience.

At the completion of the workshop participants will receive a Postpartum Doula Certificate, and can begin to work with families as soon as they feel confident in doing so.

ADVANCED PRICING:
if you register by April 21, 2019
$499 + hst

THE TRAINING SCHEDULE

FRIDAY JUNE 21ST, 8:00AM - 6:30PM
SATURDAY JUNE 22ND, 8:00AM - 6:30PM
SUNDAY JUNE 23RD, 8:00AM - 6:30PM

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Toronto Birth Doula Training: January 2019

1/6/2019

Jan 25 - Jan 27
REGULAR PRICING: $549 + hst

Birth Doula Training Weekend
Start on a new path and join for a transformational weekend.

DONA-approved training that can be used towards your birth doula certification with Dona.org.

Congratulations on your interest in becoming a birth doula! You will soon experience the amazing joy of the special impact you will have on women and families in your area.

Toronto Yoga Mamas has partnered with Stefanie Antunes from Discover Birth to offer a DONA approved birth doula training workshop in Toronto.
This weekend training will give you the education, tools and confidence to go out and begin working as doula immediately.

Anyone who has a willingness to help women through birth can become a birth doula. Though it’s helpful, it’s not necessary to have a background in health or medicine. Keep in mind that a doula is a non-medical professional.

Though the doula training is based in Toronto, women from all over Ontario and even across Canada have joined us.

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