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Positive Birth Choices

Supporting mothers' choices

Positive Birth Choices offers a unique service to mothers in Cornwall and South Devon. The highest importance is placed on meeting individual clients' needs.

We hope you enjoy exploring our site, and if you have any questions about how we may be able to assist you then please contact us.

What is a Doula?

A Doula is a woman who is employed by a pregnant mother or couple to provide emotional and practical support. She can enable and empower a woman to have a more positive and satisfying experience through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

Doulas can support birth in a range of settings. She can support a mother during her birth whether she has chosen her own home, a birthing centre or a hospital as her prefered place to birth her baby.

To support a mother through the experience of birth, a Doula has completed training and has a good knowledge and awareness of the birth process and the mother’s needs during this time. A Doula is not medically trained and she does not replace the need for a midwife.

While typically seen only as a support for the mother, the presence of a Doula can help fathers to also have a more positive experience at the birth and in the pregnancy and postnatal phases. When a mother meets with her Doula during pregnancy, it is ideal if her partner can be involved in some elements of the visits. A Doula does not replace the mother's partner, she can support couples through the birth experience together.

During pregnancy, Kylie meets with the mother at least three times. This provides opportunities to talk about how the mother is feeling, discuss thoughts on where and how the mother would like to birth her baby and consider other options that may arise during birth. The birth plan, birth environment and pain management are also very important subjects to explore prior to birth.