Sierra Doulas - Who needs a doula?

Supporting women and their partners through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum experience.

“She (the doula) created a buffer between me and anything that would disturb my focus – for example, unwanted visitors...

Without her support, I doubt I would have had 100% satisfaction with my birth.

I was so fortunate to have chosen a doula!”
–Amy Shimmick, mother

Who needs a doula?

Women with partners
Women without partners
Women with families
Women birthing in the hospital
Women birthing at home

Every woman deserves a more postive birth experience.There are many benefits to having a doula present at your home birth as well as a birth scheduled for the hospital or a birthing center.

Your doula has your comfort and support as her primary goal. She will be there for you, helping you focus, passing along information, comforting and encouraging you during your birth experience. While the medical staff or midwife attends to their primary responsibilites, the doula adds to the team by providing a continous point of focus for the laboring mother.