Postnatal Doula Training and Postpartum Doula Care

Pregnancy and motherhood is an essential part of a woman's life. Pregnancy brings in a lot of joy and happiness, whereas motherhood brings in a lot of responsibilities. The period of pregnancy is very tough for a woman who has conceived for the very first time. Pregnancy comes with a voracious eating habit and childishness in the mother. It also makes the woman go through a lot of mood swings which are very hard to manage. Doulas help women to handle the period of pregnancy as well as postpartum period.

Doula:

A doula is a woman who has some great affection towards newborns and the mothers. They help in handling the postpartum period. It is easier for a new mother to deal with the afterbirth period with Postpartum doula care. Doulas help the new mother emotionally as well as physically. It is the work of every doula to provide emotional, educational, and physical support to the women who are in labor pain, pregnancy, or postpartum period. They train the mothers for handling the newborns, feeding habits, and developing a good mother-baby bond. Some doulas even help the new mother in household organizing. Postpartum doula care is essential for a new mother to handle the newborn properly.

How to become a Doula:

Women who are good at handling newborns and can take care of mothers in the postpartum period can become a doula. Postnatal doula training centers are available in different parts of the world, though it is not a formal profession. In earlier days, doula care was not considered as a professional course. They had to find parties with newborn themselves. Nowadays, Postnatal doula training is necessary for being a licensed, certified doula. The process of certification is also available in online courses.

Advantages of having a doula:

• Doulas make a mother emotionally healthy to raise the newborn.
• They help in developing a strong bond between the baby and the mother.
• The doulas help a new mother to develop some good feeding habits of the child.
• They help pregnant women at the time of labor pain and delivery.
• After the delivery of the baby, doulas help in household management too.
• Some of the certified doulas help in natural home birth.

Cons:
• Doulas are at high demand these days.
• Doulas are not readily available.
• Due to the high demand, doulas need a significant amount as salary.
• Not all doulas help to deliver out the baby.

The doulas are well trained, professional labor nurses. There are 24 hours of doula service available in hospitals nowadays. Despite having many cons, it is worth to keep a doula during labor or after delivery. Men or partners cannot always help the mothers with the newborns. Despite the high salary of the doulas, they are worth every penny of yours. Due to their significant advantages, well-trained doulas are hard to find. Not all doulas have good knowledge about labor, so one should be wise enough to choose a professional one.

Childbirth-the Beautiful Natural Phenomena of Life

Childbirth is one of the most beautiful phenomena of human life. God has given the boon of giving birth to women. Women are a significant part of human creation. Without the process of childbirth, human beings would have become extinct.  It is the responsibility of every person to look after pregnant women. God has given the sole responsibility to mothers to cherish their little ones. In parts of India and the whole world, there are vast numbers of people who do not know anything regarding childbirth.

 There are two ways of childbirth. The process of c-section takes place with the help of professional doctors and nurses. The baby is brought out of the mother with scissors. So the babies are called cesarean babies. The other way of childbirth is natural home birth where the baby is brought out in natural ways without any surgery.

Homebirth:

In the process of natural home birth, the baby is brought out of the mother's womb without any operation. The mother-baby nurse is well looked after. There is less complicacy in this process. The babies are delivered out only at maturity and in the right time. After delivery the nurses take care of the baby. There is no need of professional doctors as it takes place at home. In earlier days, the process of natural home birth was more into practice. In this process of delivery, the mother gets fit faster than in c-section.

Besides every other facility, natural home birth saves a lot of money for the delivery.

Cons of Natural Home Birth:

• There is a lack of professionals to handle the situation during any emergency.
• The mother has to wait for an exact 9 months for the delivery.
• In case of any emergency, it is hard to handle the situation.

C-Section:

In the case of cesarean babies, the mother has to go through surgery for the delivery of the baby. The mother is generally in the right hands of professionals in this field. C-sections are usually for women with complications in pregnancy. There are well-experienced nurses in the hospital to look after the mothers and the babies. The mother-baby nurse is the task of taking care of the sensitive mother as well as the baby after delivery.  In the case of c-sections, the mother takes a long time to recover from the surgery. Though the mother has to go through more pain in c-section than natural home birth, the mother has facilities of 24 hours service in the hospital.

• This process of childbirth is pretty expensive.
• Pre matured babies are born in some instances.
• The mother takes a long time for the recovery from surgery.

From the above information, it can be concluded that both the processes of childbirth are equally beneficial to human beings as it brings a new baby to the phase of earth. Homebirth and c-section have various disadvantages too. Thus, people should be wise enough to choose which one is better for the mother and baby.