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Bamboo is a
vigorous and versatile plant that symbolizes grace, endurance and
compromise as it bends but does not easily break. Bamboo survives
in the harshest conditions and endures nature’s challenges with
resilience and flexibility. Standing tall and green year-round a bamboo
forest sways in the wind reminding us of the strength, yielding and
adaptability necessary during the powerful process of birth.
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"Jun-Nicole helped me feel empowered!" Alicia, Coralville, IA
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Postpartum Doula Services
Serving Families in Iowa City
10 hours @
$200
$25 per hour
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Free
consultation visit to
define and understand our expectations of one
another
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Unlimited
phone and e-mail support to answer
your questions and offer suggestions and support
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Prenatal
planning visit to assess your needs and desires
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Assistance in writing your
resource list
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Access to my
lending library of books and DVDs about
breastfeeding, parenting and baby care
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Practical in home
post partum support tailored to your needs
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Breastfeeding support and trouble
shooting if questions or problems arise.
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Babywearing instruction with access to my
carrier library
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Referrals to local resources and services
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Why Use a Postpartum
Doula?
The role of the postpartum doula is fluid. An important part of
her role is to come alongside the parents and together decide
what type of support they will need. Some families need
educational support: breastfeeding, infant support, and how to
care for the new mother. Others rely more on the non-judgmental
emotional support that the postpartum doula has to offer. Still
others have more practical needs – like feeding the family and
running errands. Most families find that their doula provides
all of these things, according to the needs that develop, as
well as the ever-important communication between the doula and
her clients. That said, prospective parents and their families
sometimes wonder – just what will the postpartum doula do when
she comes to my home?
A postpartum doula supporting a family during daytime hours
might...
Provide hands-on education for infant and mother
care
Teach skills in soothing techniques,
babywearing, or cloth diapering
Create a nurturing, restful atmosphere in which
parents may eat, shower and nap
Spend time with the baby, allowing parents to
have quality time with older children each other, or rest
Screen for hurdles such as breastfeeding
challenges or postpartum mood disorders
Make referrals to any local or informational
resources that the parents might need
Help
parents gather the skills and resources that they will need in
the upcoming weeks and months
Help to organize the nursery and home
Light housekeeping, meal preparation, and
errands
Play with older children and offer suggestions
for how to integrate the new baby into the family
Offer a listening, non-judgmental ear
DONA International Postpartum
Doula Topic Sheet
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