WHAT EXACTLY IS A DOULA, AND WHAT DO THEY DO?

A doula is a trained non-medical professional, who provides continuous physical, mental and emotional support to women before, during and after childbirth, either at home, or in the hospital, to facilitate the most positive birth experience possible, through education and preparation.

Unfortunately, less than 2% of women in Egypt have access to doulas today.

My job, as your doula, is to educate you about your body and your baby. I take that very seriously. As the only Evidence Based Birth Instructor in Egypt, my classes are very interactive and personal.  I start with the physical changes pregnancy does to your body, and how miraculous it is that your body fully recovers after your birth.  The prenatal exercises you will learn, and how to do them correctly, will prepare and train your body for a comfortable labor, positive birthing experience, and easier recovery period.

But that is only the beginning!  

Did you know that over 80% of all women in Egypt describe their birth experience as traumatic.  We all have emotional baggage from our past, and childhood, and that will affect how you react emotionally to your pregnancy, labor and birth.  One module of the course is devoted to reconciling those issues, and giving a New perspective how they affect your life.  

How you are mentally prepared for your birth is critical to your birth experience.  Every day we see the theatrical version of birth, woman on the bed, nurses scurrying around, she is in agony, and someone is screaming at her to push, push, push!!!  It makes for good TV, but with proper preparation,

It doesn’t need to be that way.  

The objective of my Natural Childbirth Course is to prepare you physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually for what will be one of the most memorable days of your life.  You have choices, and many options on how you want your birth experience to be, but if you don’t know what they are, you are in a position of simply doing what someone else tells you to do.  What are the interventions used during labor, are they necessary, and why?  Do you have a choice?  YES, you do!!  

It all comes down to preparation and education!  

I hope you can now understand why my natural birth classes are face to face, not online.  I can teach an abbreviated version with just the information, but there are many childbirth teachers online doing that.  What I can tell you is that in the 6 years I’ve been teaching this program, I have a 98% success rate, with only 4 cesarean sections, and all of those were absolutely medically necessary!  

My fees are as follows:   

8 week intensive natural childbirth class.      3000 le

            (includes a maternity photography session)

Attending your labor and birth   3000 le

I will be on call from 2 weeks before 

your due date until your birth.  I will

stay with you for a minimum of 2 hours 

after your birth, to insure successful 

breastfeeding.

Labor and Birth photography documentary  1000 le

I am currently running a special offering all 3 services for a discounted price of 4000 le