Full Spectrum Doula Care in Guelph + Surrounding Area

Doula (n.) (Doo - LAH) :

"A person trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a mother before, during, and just after childbirth" (Webster).

What We Do

As You Are Doula Care provides full-spectrum doula support for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, abortion, adoption, miscarriage, and stillbirth. We believe in a person-centred approach to supporting you through your journey and honouring your autonomy. We believe in you, in your body, in your baby, and in your ability to birth in a way that feels empowering to you.

“When you change the way you view birth, the way you birth changes.”

-Marie Mongan, Author

Not your OB.
Not your midwife.
Not your family.
Not your doula.
Not your neighbour.
No one.
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Your birth space is sacred and it does not need anyone's approval.
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#birth #doula #pregnancy #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #fullsp

Let's talk about using our brain!
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B.R.A.I.N. is an acronym commonly used in the doula world to help chat through different perinatal related options that can arise. It opens the conversation and assists with approaching choices at hand from

“Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.”
- Carrie Fisher
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Take time today to marvel in the miracle of your body and your baby✨

Affirmations for Pregnancy
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Affirmations refers to the process of stating or repeating phrases to help enhance positivity in the mind and body through the neuroplasticity of the brain.
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Using affirmations throughout pregnancy is be

The Cascade of Interventions
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The cascade of interventions is a phenomenon that can occur in the birth experience. It refers to the sequential nature of medicalized choices in birth, how opting for one can and often does, open the floodgates

Why hire a Doula?
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Having a doula accompany you through the birth experience has many benefits and has been found to improve overall outcomes for both mamas and babes.
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Benefits of a Doula can include:
- A resource for extensive kno

Did you know?
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The word Doula comes from an ancient Greek word meaning "woman's servant" or "a woman who serves".

Let's start from square one. What the heck even is a doula?!
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Doula (n.) (Doo - LAH) : "A person trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a mother before, during, and just after childbirth"

Serving:

Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Fergus, Elora, Puslinch, Eramosa

+ surrounding areas

Please be in contact if you are interested in services outside of our local area.