The MamaAssist LabourAssist™ Service provides you with a professionally trained expert in childbirth to support you
throughout the entire childbirth process.
Having a birth doula, or labour assistant, at your disposal during your last few
weeks of pregnancy is a great way to prepare for your child's birth; You'll be able to call your doula with questions no
matter what time of day (or night) and meet with your doula for prenatal visits filled with information and hands on
learning.
The MamaAssist Advantage
- Free consultation to interview and get to know our doulas
- Automatic back-up doula ensures coverage at your birth
- Variety of training; our doulas have advanced training in many different areas
- Strong resource network providing you with lots of options in our community
Whether this is your first time having a baby, or your fourth, planning a natural, unmedicated birth or having a planned
cesarean... Our doulas have the skills, knowledge and tools to meet your individual needs. MamaAssist doulas support women and
families throughout childbirth for a living. Our doulas are trained by reputable organizations, with high standards, and regularly attend conferences
and seminars to make sure we're on top of the latest information, standards of practice, medical procedures, and even holistic therapies.
How does the LabourAssist Service work?
When you inquire about our LabourAssist doula support, we'll set up a free consultation in your home or at Dream Catcher Photo
on Hyde Park Rd., where you'll meet two doulas. The initial consultation is free, and we'll leave you with a packet of information to look
over so you can make a decision. Absolutely no pressure!
If you decide to sign on with our LabourAssist service, one of the two doulas you met will become your primary doula, and
the other will become your backup, so you'll always have someone to reach and coverage for your birth. Your primary doula
will schedule your first prenatal visit and contract signing, and she will then arrange other prenatal visits from that
point on.
When you think you are in labour, or if you think something is going on but don't know what it is, you can call your doula.
She can help you figure out what to do next. If you're in labour, your doula can come to your home and labour with you as
you'll work out in your prenatal visits. Or she can meet you right at the hospital. Your doula will stay with you until
approx. 2 hours after you have your baby. She'll make arrangements to either call or visit you the next day. We like to do
a postpartum visit 1-3 days after birth, when you are home.
What is included in prenatal visits?
While we have a standard plan for prenatal visits, we will customize the content and information to your individual
situation. Perhaps there is a threat that your labour may be induced due to a complication, and your baby may end up
spending time in the NICU? At your prenatals, we will make sure we cover what you are most likely to encounter, and answer
your specific questions. If you're worried about not being able to tell how labour starts, we have teaching sheets that
we've developed ourselves, and many experiences to share. If you need basic childbirth education on the stages of labour,
or have a problem processing a past birth, we can help with that too.
Finally, one of our prenatal visits is usually devoted to what some say doulas do best. Comfort measures! If you have a
partner that will also be with you during labour, make sure he or she attends this session. MamaAssist doulas involve your
partner as much as they want to be involved. We'll do lots of hands on work with various "tools of the trade". We'll show
you how to sit on a birth ball, or the many other positions it is useful in.
| LabourAssist Packages and Other Birth-Related Services |
Getting Labour Started Session
This one hour non-medical guided relaxation and massage session is meant for mamas who are beyond their “due date”.
Labour will occur when mama and baby are ready, but sometimes letting go of all worries and feeling totally
relaxed can help labour along. Not guaranteed! Please call for further details on what this session involves.
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$47 |
Birth Preference Consultation
A two hour consultation to help develop a birth plan if you are not using doula services, but still want to know what your
options are and how to put them in clear and concise writing for your birth team.
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$67 |
NEW! Build Your Own Doula Package
Now you can customize your doula support package, and only pay for the services you really want! Use our new
package builder to bundle 3 or more of our services and receive discounted pricing.
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Ceate Your Package Now! |
Standard LabourAssist Package
2 Prenatal Visits
On-call for Questions, Support & Labour 24/7
Full Labour & Birth Support in Home or Hospital
4 Postpartum FlexHours
Welcome Baby Gift Pack
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$595 |
NEW! Cesarean Birth Support Package
1 Prenatal Visit to Prepare for Surgery
On-call 24/7 for Questions & Support Before Birth
Support at the Hospital During Surgery (Doula can be with you in the OR if your partner is not, and only if you are not under a general anesthetic.
Otherwise doula will be in waiting room until you are in recovery.)
2 Postpartum Visits at Your Home
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$395 |
Last Minute Labour Support Package
While we encourage pregnant women to contact us early in their pregnancies, we realize this is not always possible.
This service is only available after the 37th week of pregnancy, and MAY NOT be available if we are fully booked.
Package Includes:
1 Attempted Prenatal Visit
On-call for Questions, Support & Labour 24/7
Full Labour & Birth Support in Home or Hospital
1-2 Postpartum Visits as Needed
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$395 |
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We know your baby's birth is one of the most important days of your life...
And we'll play a very important and continuous support role for you and your partner--from prenatal education and birth preparation,
to being on-call for the first signs of labour, to providing emotional support and physical comfort measures throughout the
entire labour and delivery. The same familiar face and voice will be there. Doulas are not just for women who desire
an unmedicated natural birth. MamaAssist offers support services for every way to birth.
Included in all of our LabourAssist™ Packages:
- Prenatal visits for birth preparation and preference planning
- Emotional support and advice during pregnancy, we are just a phone call away
- Explanation of medical procedures and interventions
- Physical suggestions to make pregnancy and childbirth more comfortable
- Discussion of your birth preferences and guidance creating a sheet for your caregivers
- Facilitation of communication between members of your birth team
- Massage, non-pharmacologic pain relief measures, aromatherapy, and other comfort techniques
- Positioning suggestions and assistance during labour and birth
- Encourage and instill confidence in your partner to get involved in your labour and birth support
- Help avoiding unnecessary interventions
- Assistance with breastfeeding at the hospital, and at home
- Our presence during your entire labour and up to 2 hours postpartum
Whether you're alone or have a partner, planning a natural birth or scheduling a cesarean birth EVERY woman can benefit
from our services. Even if you choose epidural anesthesia, there are factors that can create a situation where physical
comfort measures are still needed.
Our training, experience, and skills allow us to assist families in these situations:
- No pain medication (or natural) birth
- Epidural anesthesia
or narcotic pain relief
- Scheduled cesarean birth (attendance in the OR optional)
- Emergency cesarean under general anesthesia (support partner, and mom after recovery)
- VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)
- Forceps/extraction birth
- Hospital births at LHSC Victoria Campus, and St. Joseph's Hospital
- Midwife attended home births and water births
MamaAssist is obstetrician and midwife friendly, loves nurses and works as a team with your
partner and your care providers. We are here for you, to ensure your birth experience remains positive. So many times
we have heard, "If I only knew about that, maybe things would have been different."
You will tell your birth story for the rest of your life, let MamaAssist empower you with knowledge to ensure the
story you tell is not filled with regrets.
Need Financial Assistance? Click Here For Options
Book your free LabourAssist™ consultation online and two MamaAssist doulas will meet you
at one of our locations to discuss your needs.
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