As you are getting ready to have your baby, it can be a little confusing to learn the various titles that may be present. Check out our blog to learn more!
Choosing a Cesarean Birth
Part of our job as doulas is to help our clients learn about all the options available to them for pregnancy, birth, and as a new parent. One option for birth is to choose a cesarean birth, and while it is not as common as say choosing a water birth or an epidural, it is still an option that is available to those giving birth in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. As always, it is best to check with your specific health care team to determine what type of birth is best for you, your body, and your baby.
Use of Nitrous Oxide During Labor
Birthing individuals around the Triangle are beginning to take notice of the Nitrous Oxide as that is available to them in their birthing rooms as a comfort measure during labor, both at hospitals and birth centers alike.
Benefits of a Labor Stimulating Massage
When you are past your estimated date of delivery or facing a medical induction, a labor stimulating massage can provide amazing benefits to both your mind and body to help prepare for and help stimulate labor.
Navigating Who is Present in the Delivery Room: The Differences Between Doulas, Nurses, Midwives, and Doctors
During birth, there can be any number of people present for your birth. We decided it was time to break down exactly how doulas, nurses, midwives, and doctors fit into your birth plan and delivery room.
Birth Options In the Triangle
Deciding where to have your baby in the Triangle can be daunting task. We are here to help with some handy questions to ask yourself as your begin the process of deciding.
Doula Support During an Epidural
Epidurals are a wonderful way to pain management tool during childbirth, and our doulas are trained to provide some amazing physical, emotional and educational support to you while the epidural is being administered and for the remained of your labor and delivery.
Delivering at Women’s Pavilion & Birthplace at WakeMed Raleigh Campus
The Women’s Pavilion & Birthplace, or WakeMed Raleigh, located off NewBern Ave in northeast Raleigh, is the flagship for the WakeMed hospital system, serving as the leading provider of advanced health care services. Their website details: “From routine to the unforeseen and everything in between”, which can truly be seen at the newly renovated Women’s Pavilion & Birthplace.
Delivering At Baby + Company
For expecting family’s that want an alternative to a hospital-birth in the Triangle, there is the boutique birthing center, Baby+Company option. Our local Cary Baby+Co is in partnership with WakeMed Health & Hospitals and under the medical direction of Triangle Physicians for Women. With only five locations throughout the United States, the Triangle is lucky to be home to one of them.
Delivering at WakeMed North Family & Women's Hospital
Having your baby at Delivering at WakeMed North Family & Women's Hospital is a tranquil and luxurious environment that allows you to have the birth you desire.
