is a network of independent doulas that live and work in the seacoast area of New Hampshire and southern Maine.  Our doulas are experienced and most are  DONA International members.  

Even though we are separate business entities, we support and complement each other to provide new mothers and their families a broader set of services and greater coverage and availability. 

Please feel free to browse our website and learn more about doulas and how they can help you and your family smooth the transition of bringing a new life into your world. 

We would like this website to be a useful resource for all pregnant women and new mothers in the greater seacoast area, so if you don't see something that you'd like to see, or if you have an idea you think would help others, please let us know. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

The Seacoast Doula Group

Three more things you can do with the brochure:

1. Put one in an envelope with a gift certificate for doula care!
2. Email it to a friend who might want to learn about our services.
3. Tuck one away for your next pregnancy!

[The brochure is in Adobe Acrobat format.  If you need a reader, you can get one free from Adobe click here.]

Labor doulas are trained and experienced labor support persons who attend to the emotional and physical comfort needs of laboring women to smooth the labor process. They do not do clinical tasks such as heart rate checks, or vaginal exams but rather use massage, aromatherapy, positioning suggestions, etc., to help labor progress as well as possible. A labor support doula joins a laboring woman either at her home or in hospital or birth center and remains with her until a few hours after the birth. In addition to emotional support, doulas work as advocates of their client’s wishes and may assist in communicating with medical staff to obtain information for the client to make informed decisions regarding medical procedures.

Postpartum doulas are trained to offer families evidence-based information and support on infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from childbirth, infant soothing and coping skills for new parents. They may also help with light housework, fix a meal and help incorporate the older child into this new experience."

Source:  Wikipedia contributors (2006). Doula. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 03:30, April 18, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doula&oldid=48417033.