COVID-19 SERVICE UPDATE (July 2020)
I am unable to provide labour & birth support at this time and will be re-assessing my availability in late August.

Currently, VGH is only allowing one support person to accompany labouring people. This policy is effectively ruling out doula support for all but single parents and, obviously, is costing many doulas our livelihood.  Some doulas may be able to provide limited and/or virtual support.  Please contact me if you need help finding such a doula and I can refer you to some trusted colleagues.

In the meantime, consider letting Island Health know you'd like to see doulas back at VGH.

How I Help During Labour & Birth

As a birth doula, I provide compassionate, knowledgeable, open-minded support to labouring women and their partners.  This support takes form in several ways - physical, emotional, mental and resource/information gathering.  For example:

• I can help you make informed decisions about tests, procedures and interventions by providing or referring you to evidence-based information.
  
• I help take care of you during labour by providing physical comfort measures and encouragement, as well as practical help as needed, such as making snacks or setting up for a home birth.
• I am able to provide patient, up-to-date breastfeeding support.

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Birth Doula Package - $950

My Labour & Birth Support package is $950.00 and includes:

• prenatal phone/email support
• 2 consults at your home in the 3rd trimester to discuss your concerns and preferences regarding labour and birth
• continuous support from the time you are in labour until the birth of your baby
• 2 visits at your home after the birth of your baby
• phone/email support for up to 6 weeks postpartum
• access to my personal lending library

Please contact me with any questions about these services.

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I love how this shot captures the gritty reality of hospital food.

Throughout my entire labour and birth, she was by my side, and it seemed she somehow always knew the exact thing I needed, and exactly what I needed to hear, as if she were somehow inside my head! The team that formed between my partner, Pamela, and myself was pure magic. There’s no other way to describe it. It’s as if the three of us dropped into another dimension together, and all I could feel was seamless, careful, unending support, which allowed me to access a deep strength within myself that I did not know I had.
-Cheryl & Mike

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