Your doula will...

• provide emotional, physical and informational support

• use comfort measures and coping practices to support you in labour and birth

• provide you with evidence-based information

• continuously reassure, support, and comfort you during labour, birth, and immediate postpartum

• help you become informed about the risks and benefits of various birth options

• help you to achieve your birth preferences by empowering you prenatally, and helping to facilitate communication between you and your care providers

• look after your partner during labour, allowing them to recharge and rest when needed

 

 

 

Your doula will not...

• perform clinical tasks such as vaginal exams, blood pressure, or fetal heart monitoring

• speak on your behalf to your care provider or hospital staff

• make decisions for you

• give medical advice or diagnose conditions

• judge you for decisions that you make

• pressure you into making any decisions

• take over the role of your partner

• deliver your baby

• discriminate based on gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, marital status