Why Hire a Postpartum Doula

Even for the most experienced parents, bringing home a newborn means changing routines, dividing time, and figuring out the new normal. Many new parents lack confidence in caring for a newborn. A postpartum doula is an expert on newborn-related matters and can help ease the transition to life with a newborn and help to build confidence and experience. 

A postpartum doula will help you establish a good nursing relationship with your newborn. A postpartum doula is skilled in supporting the nursing couple and can help with comfortable positions, latching, and other techniques so you can comfortably feed your newborn. Regardless of whether your newborn is breastfed or bottle-fed, the postpartum doula can change, soothe and comfort your newborn so the new parents can rest. 

A postpartum doula provides evidence-based information on emotional and physical recovery from birth, parent-baby bonding, infant soothing, and primary newborn care. Research shows that newborns have an easier time with this transition if a good support team is in place. When the newborn is satisfied, the parents can relax and be more confident that they can meet their baby’s needs.