Birth Doula Care:

A birth doula provides emotional, physical, and informational support to a mother, and her family, during pregnancy, labor, and early postpartum. Birth Doula Services are ideal for hospital, birth center, or home births, and for low and high-risk women.

As a doula, I support you in having the birth YOU want, in the location and manner that YOU have chosen, as well as providing support when the unexpected arises and assisting you to make informed choices.

As your birth doula, I provide nurturing and compassionate assistance for the childbearing year. My doula practice is based upon informed choice, evidence-based practice, and women-centered care.

My birth doula packages include: two to four prenatal home visits, support availability by phone and email throughout childbearing year, on-call availability beginning two weeks prior to your estimated due date, continuous labor support throughout your labor and early postpartum, two postpartum visits, breastfeeding support, resourcing, and advocacy. Specializing in bodywork for labor facilitation, particularly craniosacral therapy, massage, acupressure, rebozo, and hydrotherapy.

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Birth Doula Package

• 3 Home Prenatal Visits
• 1 Prenatal CranioSacral Therapy Session
  
• 24/7 On-call availability
• Continuous labor support
• Two Home Postpartum Visits
• Comfort measures for labor
  
• Non-judgemental and informational support
• Back-up doula support
• Infant Craniosacral Therapy session
  

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References available upon request. 
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Birth Doula Package:

Compassionate, non-judgemental, experienced doula for home, birth center, or hospital. Craniosacral therapy for pregnancy, birth, and beyond included.

Includes 3 prenatal visits, on-call for birth, continuous labor support, back-up doula, 2 postpartum visits, and craniosacral therapy for prenatal, labor, and postpartum doula care.

Free Consultation : Call or email to arrange 30 min consultation

 

Kara is like a walking encyclopedia of women's wisdom and baby know-how. I have been treated with so much respect and kindness during my pregnancy, labor, and after.  Anyone who opts not to have a doula,
especially a phenomenal one like Kara, is truly missing out! - Melissa

"Kara's touch, kindness, and wisdom were anchors for me during my pregnancy and birth year. She embodies a mixture of expertise and compassion. I recommend her to anyone seeking a bodyworker or doula, and to patients of my own who wish to prevent postpartum depression."- Gwenyth McConnell, MD

"Kara Spencer has all the qualities of a fabulous doula: her ability to connect with people, to help them fell at ease in their bodies, and the shared experience of pregnancy and motherhood. Her manner is mild, hardworking, and warm. Furthermore, her skills are superior. I highly recommend Kara." - Karen

"Kara, my good fortune in finding you to care for me and my son over the last couple of months was no accident. Someone/spirit was looking out for me and sent you here. I can't thank you enough." - Shawna

 

Benefits of a Doula

 

The Cochrane Review on Effects of Continuous Labor Support, is the most recently systemic review of continuous labor support, which reviewed nearly 13,000 women who participated in 15 randomized controlled trials. The research findings demonstrate that women who receive continuous labor support are:

• less likely to have an epidural or other "regional" analgesia
• less likely to use any type of pain medication (including narcotics)
• less likely to give birth by cesarean section
• less likely to give birth with vacuum extraction or forceps
• less likely to be dissatisfied with or give a negative rating to their childbirth experience

Listening to Mothers, a recent national survey of women’s birth experiences, rated doulas highest in terms of quality of supportive care during labor. Doulas were rated higher than family members, friends, nurses or physicians in providing emotional and physical support during labor and birth.