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Doula

JeffieAnneJeffieAnne
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Has anyone worked with a birth doula that they would recommend?  I am leaning more and more toward a natural child birth and will definitely need someone in addition to DH in the delivery room.  He's not one for blood and I know will just crumble seeing me in pain.  I'm delivering at Swedish but live in Issaquah.

 Thanks!

Jeffie 

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  • blueLu25blueLu25
    There is a Nestie on this board that is a doula! Mine was my SIL, I could recommend her, she's done a few births, but she's not certified. It is such a great help to have one, you will be so glad you did it!!
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  • June24BrideJune24Bride member

    I'm a doula :) so of course I highly recommend using one. Check out my website, on there is helpful statistics as to why it's beneficial :)

     ( site link in siggy )

    Congrats!

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  • scarletiiscarletii

    I had a doula for my second birth (vbac).  Here's her website:

    https://www.newmoonbirth.com/

     Sharon was a really wonderful doula and support person!  I highly recommend her!  She also has a blog on her website which I still thoroughly enjoy reading!

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    oh and I recommend interviewing several people.  You never know who you will click with!
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  • angluvsammonangluvsammon
    We loved our doula! Her name is Joy McTavish, her company is Sound Doula. Here is her website: https://www.sounddoula.com/ She was a great support for my natural birth and for my husband. He was actually able to nap and she was so great about making sure he was rested and fed. That might sound weird, but it really helped having him in top shape to suppport me when I needed it most. She also helped keep things really positive. While I was able to have a pain med free birth, I had a lot more medical interventions than I had been hoping for. Having her there helped keep things in perspective and she kept reminding me that I had choices.
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  • June24BrideJune24Bride member
    imagescarletii:

    I had a doula for my second birth (vbac).  Here's her website:

    https://www.newmoonbirth.com/

     Sharon was a really wonderful doula and support person!  I highly recommend her!  She also has a blog on her website which I still thoroughly enjoy reading!

    Sharon was one of my teachers!

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  • Mrs_StevensMrs_Stevens

    Although we didn't use her for birth so I can't speak to that, we currently have Debra Shelden from Eastside Doula Care coming in for postpartum help (I just had a baby on 5/23) and she's been amazing! We were looking for someone with a lot of experience (we're first time parents) who also was a "straight shooter". She's also really open to whatever is right for your family vs some of the other doulas we interviewed who had specific ideas about how to do things.

     She does births as well and I'm sure she would be wonderful. 

      https://www.eastsidedoulacare.com/

     Good luck!

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