Ch. 2 The Special Role Of The Doula

Question 1

What should be established during the first meetings with your clients?

Answer 1

Establish in detail what the mother has envisioned for the birth and create a realistic birth plan that best incorporates all of the mother’s wishes as well as discover what the mother finds relaxing and how she copes with stress

Question 2

What is the most important assurance a doula can give her client?

Answer 2

That she will not leave the mother’s side

Question 3

What is most of the birthing process about for women?

Answer 3

Permission to be their True Selves without judgement or criticism and to release expectations and feel completely safe so that she can be empowered through this experience

Question 4

When does a doula meet her clients?

Answer 4

In the third trimester, one and a half to three months prior to birth