What is VIRTUAL DOULA support and is it a good fit for me? Support is at your fingertips when you hire a virtual doula! According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, one of the most efficient tools to improve labor and delivery outcomes is the ongoing presence of support, such as a doula. With experience in physical, emotional and educational support you can achieve an empowering experience. Some roles of a VIRTUAL doula include: + Phone, Text and Video consultations with the expecting parent(s) + Consultations for birth education and preparing for birth + Providing evidenced based education and information + Assistance with coming up with questions for your healthcare provider(s) + Review of medical interventions, options, risks and benefits + Pain management tools to ease prenatal, birth and postpartum discomfort + Exercises given for deep breathing and connecting with baby + Suggestions on comfort measures for partners to perform and assist with + Consultatio
Bed Sharing with Amanda Jansen Today we're talking about bed sharing with Amanda Jansen, who is a registered nurse and IBCLC. She has eight years of L & D and postpartum experience as a nurse. (This blog is pulled from a The Birth Lounge podcast interview with Amanda Jansen.) So let's start off with the basics. What is Bed Sharing? If you get online, you'll realize there's not a set definition. Just to make it clear bed sharing, obviously infants in the bed with you. Co-sleeping, you know, there's something right beside the bed, like kind of like an arms reach but not necessarily, you know, right next to mom. And then there's room sharing, which could just be a crib in the same room with you. So those are the three levels parents should be informed of, and then of course the independent sleep in a separate room, that a lot of families choose to do. So a little bit more of my history. I did bed share with my first as a postpartum nurse, you know, I'm