Antenatal, birth, and postpartum doula services

Cocoon Enterprises, Inc.

Empowered Birth for All

Doula Services

Labor and Birth Doulas are highly trained in the psychology and physiology of birth. Your doctor or midwife is responsible for the medical aspects of your baby's birth. The Labor and Birth Doula's complete focus is on you and your birth experience. She will remain by your side through the entire birth experience, maintaining a continuity of care that is seldom achieved otherwise.

Labor and Birth Doulas offer informational support by assisting the family in obtaining information and asking questions necessary to make important decisions. They provide physical support in the way of positioning, breathing and relaxation techniques, massage, aromatherapy, and other methods of pain management during labor. Labor and Birth Doulas provide support to partners of birthing mothers by suggesting ways they can help the mother, allowing them to take a break when needed, and making certain they care for themselves as well as the mother. Doulas never replace family members or other support persons; they only enhance and complement the roles of others important to the birth experience.

Having a doula attend your birth can greatly enhance your experience. Research has shown that the presence of a doula during labor can result in a:

50% decrease in cesarean section
25% decrease in length of labor
30% decrease in assisted delivery (use of forceps)
40% decrease in the use of synthetic oxytocin to augment labor
60% decrease in epidural use
30% decrease in the use of narcotic pain medication*

Cocoon Labor and Birth Doula services include:

2 prenatal visits at the location of your choice during which we discuss your birth preferences and prepare for labor.
Continuous, uninterrupted support from early labor through birth in the setting of your choice.
24 hour on call support beginning two weeks prior to your due date and continuing until your birth.
Up to 2 hours postpartum support immediately following the birth, during which we can help initiate breastfeeding and answer any newborn and Mama care questions.
1 postpartum visit in your home during which we can help with newborn and Mama care concerns and discuss your birth experience.
Access to our extensive lending library.
Use of handmade, organic massage products, soaps, salts, and sprays during and after labor.
Telephone and E-mail support throughout your pregnancy and up to one month postpartum.
A copy of your birth story.
References and referrals as necessary.

Cocoon Labor and Birth Doula Services - $675 flat fee including all services.
Labor and Birth Doula Services for Scheduled Cesarean - $475
Scholarships and No Cost services are available to qualifying clients.

*Klaus, Kennell, and Klaus, 1993

Antepartum Doulas are highly trained in assisting women and their families to deal with the challenges of pregnancy. The Antepartum Doula is trained in helping families facing "high risk" pregnancies, involving such issues as gestational diabetes, multiples, hypertension, preterm labor, and other pregnancy complications. Antepartum Doulas can
be a great help to women are prescribed bed rest during pregnancy.

Antepartum Doulas can offer informational support such as resources, support groups, and childbirth education, physical support such as massage, aromatherapy, visualization, guided meditation, and relaxation techniques, practical support such as sibling care, running errands, light housekeeping, healthy meal preparation, and emotional support for pregnancy issues. Antepartum Doulas are also trained to help parents with a child in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Cocoon Anterpartum Doula Services - $25 per hour.
Scholarships and No Cost services are available to qualifying clients.

Postpartum Doulas are trained professionals who assist families in the all important time immediately following the birth of a baby. Postpartum Doulas offer informational and physical support by assisting with the mother's postpartum comfort and offering information on normal postpartum recovery, demonstrating infant care techniques such as swaddling and bathing, teaching the family Infant CPR, and helping the mother establish and continue successful breastfeeding.

Postpartum Doulas offer emotional support to all mothers, but are especially helpful to moms who are suffering from Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression. A Postpartum Doula can help the family cope when this occurs and encourage bonding between mother and baby.

Postpartum Doulas also help with practical tasks such as healthy cooking and light cleaning, running errands for the new family, and going out with Mom on her early trips with the new baby.

Cocoon Postpartum Doula Services - $25 per hour.
Scholarships and No Cost services are available to qualifying clients.