What is a doula?

A birth doula is a trained labor support person who provides emotional and physical support to a laboring woman and her partner. While she is not a medical professional, she can offer a wide range of comfort measures during labor - from massage to aromatherapy to continuous reassurance and coping techniques.
 
Women supported by a doula during labor have been shown to have:

From Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth by Marshall H. Klaus (Perseus Press, 1993)

About me; Anna Schut (1951)

Let yourself go with the flow of the sea waves.
Along with Anna, a new life is born.
Continuity of care during your pre-natal/natal/ and post-natal.
You can contact Anna before the fourth month of your pregnancy.

Working area:
The Hague and surroundings

Education:
Worked with mental handicapped, Post-partus doula(kraamverzorgster), Doula education 2006

Others:
Massage; flower and herbs therapy
Speak: Dutch, English and Portuguese.


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