We at Gentle Birth Doula offer experienced and certified childbirth, postpartum, lactation, and childbirth education services. Our love for supporting women and families, as well as our personal connection to this life changing experience, is what allows us to provide families with the higest quality of support and guidance. Our doulas travel to Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in NY and Lower Connecticut.

What Can ADoula Do For You ?

The word doula stems from the ancient Greek language, meaning "woman's servant" or "with woman." A doula provides physical, emotional, and informational support based on fact during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period.

Doulas provide physical, emotional, and informational support based on fact to expectant couples. Doulas are dedicated to educating expectant couples about childbirth, their choices for their birth, and finally educating them about wellness in order to have an optimal birth experience. Couples experiencing childbirth under our care have been reported to have shorter labors and a decreased tendency to request pain medication. Doulas have also been noted to decrease a mother’s need for a cesarean section, as our suggestion and presence has a tendency to speed labor. We respect the natural process that is birth and support all forms of natural management before medical interventions serve their purpose as being used only when medically necessary.

  Benefits of Having a Doula have been know to..... 

                            26% less likely to give birth by cesarean section
                 41% less likely to give birth with a vacuum extractor or forceps
                 28% less likely to use any analgesia or anesthesia
                 33% less likely to be dissatisfied or negatively rate their birth 

Findings of Hodnett’s et al meta-analysis of 15 trials from N. America, Europe, and Africa

                Catherine Gaertig CD(DONA) - 914.255.6769 - catherine@gentle-birth-doula.com