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Belly Women has over 1000 doulas listed!

Welcome to Belly Women, a site working to connect free and low cost childbirth educators, birth doulas, and postpartum assistants with pregnant women. Doulas and labor assistants provide care for laboring women and their partners, by offering physical and emotional support and information about the birth process, available technology and alternatives. Many Labor Assistants/Birth Doulas also do follow-up visits during the important early postpartum period, when most families are left alone. Doulas and labor assistants have been shown to shorten labors, reduce the need for pain medications, and improve mother-infant interaction among other benefits.

The doulas and labor assistants on this site are available to work at no cost or lowered rates for low income mothers. To search for a doula or to add yourself as a doula select "listings" from the navigation menu. If you are a mother in need of a doula you can also create a listing for yourself so that available doulas can contact you.

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Created on 10/29/2006 01:36 AM by bellies
Updated on 10/25/2007 10:38 AM by bellies 		 Printable Version