When a woman becomes pregnant, there is an extensive list of questions that follow: what can I eat, what movement can I do, what kind of delivery do I want, with who, where, will I breastfeed or use formula… The list is longer than the pregnancy. This is where a doula comes into the picture of pregnancy and post-partum. You don’t even have to be pregnant to enlist a doula’s support.
A doula’s job is to help make your entire birth experience, and your partner’s experience, the best it can be. There is so much miscommunication about the role of a doula. To clear it up and answer common pregnancy and birthing questions is Ambrosia Meikle.
Ambrosia Meikle is a birth and postpartum doula in southern California. She is a childbirth educator, lactation educator, and student midwife. Ambrosia was a surrogate and has two children of her own ages 9 and 15. As a doula, her main focus is to ensure birthing people have options and safe birthing environments. Ambrosia is passionate about serving her community and actively participates in bringing awareness to women's health issues.
You’ll learn all the tips for a healthy delivery, tips on bonding, lactation advice and more:
3:30 what is a doula
4:30 the difference a great doula makes is options
5:40 how Ambrosia became a doula
7:15 optimal time to start working with a doula
8:15 where to find doula
8:50 3 top tips for birth preparation
11:15 importance of feeling comfortable to make noise during childbirth
12:15 nutrition advice during pregnancy which includes ice cream
13:10 differences between a hospital birth and home birth
15:00 what kind of support is needed for at home birth
17:44 why an epidural is not always bad
20:20 what you need to know about the different hospital delivery options
21:36 Should you bathe a baby right after birth
22:00 what should you do with the placenta
27:00 tips to bond with a newborn
28:55 why skin to skin contact with newborns is important
31:00 benefits of spending the first 40 days with the baby at your side
34:30 general lactation tips
35:30 biggest lactation fail is mom’s body positioning
37:30 how to identify if a baby has a tongue or lip tie
41:00 why a colic baby is too broad
44:00 postpartum mental health tips
45:00 importance of the mother asking for specific help
46:50 tips to ask for help when visitors see the baby
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