Eileen Denomme, CPM ~ 588.337.0393 ~ EileenDenomme@Gmail.com
What is a Doula?
A DOULA is a trained professional that provides support, education and assistance during labor, delivery and postpartum. A doula's scope of practice is limited to support, education, reassurance while looking after your partner's needs as well.
What is a Monitrice?
A MONITRICE has more specialized training with a wider scope of practice.
As a "Monitrice" with specialize training in midwifery, I am qualified to provide highly individualized care during your pregnancy as early as your first trimester. As an birth advocate, I can help you find a providor & birth setting (if needed) that will allow you to have the birth you want. You will be taught about options for labor & delivery and shown how to write up a birth plan.
I can make suggestions for optimized fetal positioning to ensure a smoother, more productive labor. My monitrice services are perfect for those planning a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) in the hospital. Many VBACS choose to labor at home as long as possible to increase the odds of no interventions during labor. As a monitrice, I can provide services that are outside the scope of a doula, such as cervical progression checks and monitor mom & baby's vitals.
As a "Monitrice" with specialize training in midwifery, I am qualified to provide highly individualized care during your pregnancy as early as your first trimester. As an birth advocate, I can help you find a providor & birth setting (if needed) that will allow you to have the birth you want. You will be taught about options for labor & delivery and shown how to write up a birth plan.
I can make suggestions for optimized fetal positioning to ensure a smoother, more productive labor. My monitrice services are perfect for those planning a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) in the hospital. Many VBACS choose to labor at home as long as possible to increase the odds of no interventions during labor. As a monitrice, I can provide services that are outside the scope of a doula, such as cervical progression checks and monitor mom & baby's vitals.
I can suggest ways to improve your progress or ease your discomfort. I use essential oils and herbs, massage and "tricks of my trade". As your advocate, I can explain what hospital staff have said and help you understand your options. I can also help you communicate your needs and wishes to hospital staff, while supporting your decisions
Yes, you certainly can get supportive care from your partner (or family members). Your partner will need to know how to help labor progress, how to support you during the various emotional and physical changes you will experience, how to navigate you around or thru the hospital intervention routines. He will need to know what is normal during labor and what requires intervention. He will need to constantly and consistently support your needs while often neglecting his own need for nourishment, rest and the occasional break.
You can see how this might put a great deal of 'performance' pressure on your partner when all they wanted to do was enjoy the experience of becoming a father and witnessing his baby being born. Your partner may have strong emotional or physical needs of his own that have to be supported. this is not the time for him to be a super-hero husband.
If you feel your husband just wants a 'father' role during your labor, then you need a doula!
Partners will be taught skills to help you thru labor. You may need two support people: one person in front of you talking you through each contraction while the other is behind you pressing on your lower back.
One of the most rewarding elements of being a monitrice is helping to protect the privacy and intimacy each birthing couple needs for labor to progress normally. This is very difficult to achieve on your own in the hospital setting.
I will stay with you until an hour or more after the birth of your baby. I will help keep your baby in your arms and out of the warmer. I make sure you understand the basics of breastfeeding and I don't leave until your baby has properly latched on and breastfed. I am available for two more postpartum visits and will return the next day if needed.
You can see how this might put a great deal of 'performance' pressure on your partner when all they wanted to do was enjoy the experience of becoming a father and witnessing his baby being born. Your partner may have strong emotional or physical needs of his own that have to be supported. this is not the time for him to be a super-hero husband.
If you feel your husband just wants a 'father' role during your labor, then you need a doula!
Partners will be taught skills to help you thru labor. You may need two support people: one person in front of you talking you through each contraction while the other is behind you pressing on your lower back.
One of the most rewarding elements of being a monitrice is helping to protect the privacy and intimacy each birthing couple needs for labor to progress normally. This is very difficult to achieve on your own in the hospital setting.
I will stay with you until an hour or more after the birth of your baby. I will help keep your baby in your arms and out of the warmer. I make sure you understand the basics of breastfeeding and I don't leave until your baby has properly latched on and breastfed. I am available for two more postpartum visits and will return the next day if needed.
What does your Monitrice or Doula services include?
- Two Prenatal Visits
- Labor Support
- Two Postpartum Visits
Woven in Love Maternity Services, LLC
Eileen Denomme, CPM
Office or Home Visits Available For Your convenience
586-337-0393
Eileen Denomme, CPM
Office or Home Visits Available For Your convenience
586-337-0393