As your Doula & Childbirth Educator, I make three promises to you:

I will do everything in our power so you don't suffer.

I won't lie to you.

You can't hurt my feelings while in labor.

The Universal Needs of a Woman in Labor are:

A Safe and Secure Environment

Privacy

Resting Your Neo-Cortex

Relaxation of Your Voluntary Muscles

The Development of Rituals and a Rhythm to Work Through Contractions, thus Relaxing During Contractions and In-Between

**these words and ways of practice have been passed on to me by Kathy McGrath, Michele Odent and Penny Simkin