Chicago’s Premier Birth Doula Services & Doula Mentoring
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Birth Doula Services
Chicagoland’s premier doula collective offers families birth doula services at an exceptional level. We support all birth preferences including holistic, unmedicated, high risk, epidural, induction, and c-section births. Our doulas support childbirth in home, birth center, and hospital settings across Chicagoland.
Our packages include one preparation class of your choosing (Comprehensive Childbirth Education, Spinning Babies, or Prep4Partner), virtual support throughout the duration of your pregnancy, and two (2) prenatal visits to help you connect with your doula and prepare for your birth experience. Your doula is present during active labor into the immediate postpartum after your baby is born, to help you both transition and assist with the first feeding. A postpartum in person visit is also offered after you are settled in at home to reflect on your birth experience and help you navigate the first few weeks with baby.
Doula Mentorship Program
Our doula mentorship program is focused on setting doulas up for success in growing their business and community. The program is headed by Senior Doulas, Rebekkah Carney and Amber Knowles, who have experience growing community both virtually and in-person. Doula work can be amazing, yet overwhelming when you are just getting started.
We have created a mentorship program that includes bi-weekly live mentoring opportunities, mock-interview sessions, and opportunities to navigate birth work as a collaboration of doulas who all want to grow together and bond right here in Chicagoland. We hope doulas in our program feel a sense of belonging and companionship as we all learn from one another and navigate the nuances of childbirth. Our mentorship is more like a collective- we work together to support one another and are available if anyone needs a shoulder to lean on or a back up to step in.
Childbirth Education Classes
Teaching and education is a point of pride for all members of the Your Chicago Doula team. Whether you’re working with a doula on our team or looking to educate yourself about the stages of labor, how to write a birth plan, learn labor coping strategies and how to prepare your body for labor, or what the heck your partner can do to support you, then you’ve come to the right spot. We offer classes both virtually and in person to help you feel competent and confident going into your birth experience.
Classes include:
Birth Your Way — a 6-hour comprehensive childbirth education class covering coping strategies, stages of labor, interventions, and what to expect along your journey, taught virtually and privately
Spinning Babies Birth Preparation Class — a class all about teaching you how to prepare your body for labor and encourage optimal fetal positions prior to labor beginning as well as having an efficient labor experience.
Prep4Partner — a 4 hour class focused on the partner and their role in the birth, education and hands on experience.
