https://rildoulaservices.com/about daily 1.0 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/8cf88830-e0f4-47bc-9428-2d16fd1a5750/4.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/65e36090-442d-42a2-8d81-6a27e7163ad2/1.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/c2beea47-04f6-4f82-b555-c918fa44bf37/3.png About https://rildoulaservices.com/services daily 0.75 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/1652460328804-RT06MILCA51X97MOKK6U/unsplash-image-TamMbr4okv4.jpg Services - Doula Dialogues hand-drawn simplified needles in back acupuncture icon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/1652456408800-J5U3VF9IJOBOO19K7UE7/unsplash-image-ljKfG-d1eOQ.jpg Services - Comprehensive Birth Doula Support (includes childbirth education, infant feeding education and lactation support) hand-drawn armchair icon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/a0fa7fc6-bebc-4e7e-afab-7a7047cd9ea0/Title.jpg Services - Childbirth Education hand-drawn empty pill bottle icon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/1652458276427-76ZN80UIDJFIOUGPP83W/unsplash-image-xBLv_ddXr8k.jpg Services - Breastfeeding and Lactation Support hand-drawn aim target icon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/1694803435667-2PEMVK5AQRJKC9I956GI/image-asset.jpeg Services - “Approach birth as an opportunity to have an adventure on the way to meeting your baby, rather than a ordeal to be endured.” — Anna Wilde https://rildoulaservices.com/douladetails daily 0.75 2023-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/4f6d2115-c80a-4cdf-958a-463fc67e89df/Capture3.jpg Benefits of a Doula - A Birth Doula is an evidence based expert who is trained to provide continuous support on the emotional, mental and physical aspects of birth. In labor, you need expert care both medically but also for comfort, emotional and mental wellbeing and for physical support. Many women and their partners expect to enter their birth experience with all the support they need coming from nurses and providers. Given the demands on these medical professionals, they cannot provide contraction-to-contraction support. That is where a Birth Doula comes in. What do birth doulas offer? Physical Support Position for comfort and labor progression cross over with hands-on comfort measures like comforting touch, counter pressure, breathing techniques and coping techniques. Emotional Support Doulas help families to feel supported, easing the emotional experience of birth and also helping to create a space where the hormones of labor can work at their best. Whether a birth is completely unmedicated or medically very complex, every family can benefit from nurturing and connection at this tender, incredible time in their lives. Partner Support Whether it’s a romantic partner, a friend or another family member like the baby’s grandma, the birth partner’s experience matters in birth. Doulas are there to support every birth partner in being as involved as they’d like with the birth. Physical and emotional support make a huge difference for everyone involved. Evidence-Based Information and Advocacy Doulas are trained to help families connect with evidence-based resources so they can ask great questions and make informed decisions about their births. Doulas serve as a bridge of communication, lifting women up to help them find their voices and advocate for the very best care. What is NOT included in doula support? Doulas are not medical professionals, and the following tasks are not performed by doulas: They do not perform clinical tasks such as vaginal exams or fetal heart monitoring They do not give medical advice or diagnoses They do not make decisions for the client (medical or otherwise) They do not pressure the birthing person into certain choices just because that’s what they prefer They do not take over the role of the partner They do not catch the baby They do not change shifts (although some doulas may call in their back-up after 12-24 hours) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/d16ef439-42a8-4c76-86ce-d96b5e657f38/ConceptualModelDoulasrevised2017.png Benefits of a Doula A 2017 systematic Cochrane review showed that having continuous labor support from a Birth Doula makes one MORE likely to have a spontaneous vaginal birth and shorter labor, and LESS likely to have: A cesarean delivery An instrument assisted delivery A negative birth experience Regional pain medication Low 5-minute APGAR scores Research also shows that when continuous labor support is provided by a doula, women experience an: Increased rates of exclusive breastfeeding Decrease in the use of Pitocin Decrease need for pain medication Decrease in incidence and severity of postpartum depression https://rildoulaservices.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-09-15 https://rildoulaservices.com/ariel daily 0.75 2023-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/146e1a8c-2ca9-4e5b-9406-83cf1b007e78/IMG_3963.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623e0b0dc4c708236c837ef0/d09a5c13-5980-45ba-805d-17bd3a7c5b8e/MVIMG_20190315_201048+%281%29.jpg https://rildoulaservices.com/reviews-1-3 daily 0.75 2024-07-16