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3 reviews • 50 families supported • 3 years experience
0 reviews • 30 families supported • 4 years experience
0 reviews • 2 families supported • 2 years experience
2 reviews • 6 families supported • 1 years experience
please see my website for more information on what I offer, prices, and resources: www.thevaflowerdoula.com
Care philosophy
please see my website for more information on what I offer, prices, and resources: www.thevaflowerdoula.com
Areas served
- Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Fredericksburg
Reviews
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Jessa
April 20, 2024 at 9:17 am | Client reviewIf you are looking for a doula who is knowledgeable, caring, and goes above and beyond for her clients, look no further! Lauren was such an incredible resource during my second pregnancy journey. She helped guide me through pregnancy complications and a premature birth. Lauren offered amazing pre-natal and post partum support, and was there every step of the way for my unexpected induction. I’m forever grateful to have had Lauren by my side during this pregnancy and beyond!
0 reviews • 50 families supported • 5 years experience
2 reviews • 80 families supported • 8 years experience
Sandra Crawford is a DONA certified birth doula, and a postpartum doula, and an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor serving families in Charlottesville & Culpeper VA and the surrounding area. With a love of birth and the desire to support families Sandra began working as a birth & postpartum doula in 2015. Her goal as a doula and childbirth educator is to provide families with the support, information and resources that will allow them to make empowered decisions and enter confidently into birth and parenthood.
Care philosophy
It is my passion to provide families with support – both emotional and physical – along with information and tools they need to feel empowered in creating a positive birth experience. I respect however you choose to give birth and am here to assist you and support you in your decisions. I focus on serving families compassionately and without judgement.
Areas served
- Charlottesville + Culpeper, VA & surrounding areas
Reviews
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Katherine
March 29, 2021 at 9:33 pm | Client reviewSandra is everything you want and need in a doula. Her love and support are so evident in every meeting with her. I remember being very anxious when I found out I was pregnant and after meeting with Sandra for the first time I felt significantly better. She was always available for questions and always responded to me promptly. At my birth, she stayed with me the entire time from the start of my contractions to the delivery of my son. I always tell her I couldn’t do it without her and she always says “of course you could!” But her presence made the experience that much more memorable. I absolutely love Sandra both as a person and a professional. Anyone would be so fortunate to work with her!
3 reviews • 14 families supported • 13 years experience
TheNannyDoula provides informational, physical, and emotional support for: pregnancy, birth, postpartum, sleep training, long term postpartum, and much more! After working with children for over 10 years and spending the last 4 years training and working as a full spectrum doula, I have adopted many skills to help with the many transitions into parenthood.
Care philosophy
Supporting families and creating systems from birth and beyond: I will suppprt you by meeting you where you are in your journey and work with you to meet any goals you may have. I hope that any support I provide makes the transition into parenthood easier to get through and understand.
Areas served
- Hampton Va
- Newport News Va
- Virginia Beach
- dmv
- Richmond
- Charolettesville Va
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Sarah
September 29, 2022 at 11:27 am | Client reviewAndrea is so easy to work with and a wonderful person to have on your team. She provided support and information throughout pregnancy, helped us to determine when it was time to head to the hospital, and stayed with us for a full 24 hours of complicated labor (including comfort and reassurance with a surprise c-section!). We were so grateful to have her and will recommend her to friends and family.
Doula Services: FAQs
A doula is a professional that provides emotional, physical and educational support to new parents before, during, and after childbirth and into the early postpartum period. Doulas are companions who strive to give families a safe, positive, and healthy labor experience. They provide parents with evidence-based information and education on childbirth and are someone who the parent can turn to with questions and concerns about having a baby. Doulas also take an active role in collaborating with the parent to create a birth plan.
A certified birth doula offers advice and techniques to help reduce the stress that the parent often experiences during childbirth and provides you with education about different aspects of delivery and labor and what comes after.
There are two ways you can hire a doula through Meela in Charlottesville, VA.
You can browse through the available doulas in Charlottesville, VA and send the doulas you are interested in a message, introducing yourself and setting up an interview. We recommend interviewing at least three before hiring your top doula.
You can also hire a doula in Charlottesville, VA in three easy steps:
- Post a job for free: answer some questions and receive responses from top-rated doulas in Charlottesville, VA. It takes less than 30 seconds to post your job.
- Get your list of Charlottesville, VA doulas: in a few hours, you will have a collection of doulas near you who are qualified to meet your needs. You can compare pricing, experience and read reviews. You can chat with each doula to learn more about them.
- Hire a doula with confidence: schedule virtual or in-person interviews with your top doula choices. Hire your top doula and start getting the care you deserve.
While the cost of a doula can vary based on experience and the services offered, you can expect the average cost of a doula in Charlottesville, VA to be $1,001, which is the average cost of a doula in the state of Virginia. The cost of a doula in Charlottesville, VA can range from $807 to $1,196. These costs are based on a representative group of 139 doulas surveyed by Meela across the state of Virginia. The average cost of a doula in Virginia is about the same as the U.S. national average cost of a doula, which is $971.
When hiring a birth doula in Charlottesville, VA, you and your doula will discuss and agree upon a fee structure, and your doula will send you itemized invoices through Meela, which you can pay securely through the app.
Some insurance companies will cover all or part of the cost of hiring a doula. Contact your insurance company to find out if they offer any coverage for hiring a doula; not all insurance companies do.
You can hire two types of doulas in Charlottesville, VA: a birth doula and a postpartum doula. The birth doula is during your pregnancy and through the birth of your child. They provide you with emotional, physical and educational support during your pregnancy, your labor and delivery and for the first few hours after your child is born.
A postpartum doula will support you for the first few weeks after the baby is born. They provide in-home assistance, including teaching you how to take care of your newborn, acting as lactation consultant, and can provide some night nanny services.
Yes, a birth doula can provide support during a Cesarean birth and delivery. Doulas are non-medical professionals and do not replace obstetricians, physicians, midwives or nurses. They are an additive member to the team and provide emotional, physical and informational support to the birthing parent, partner and family. It is up to you whether the certified doula can remain in the operating room during the procedure.
When you hire a doula in Charlottesville, VA, your services typically include several in-person prenatal sessions, 24/7 phone and text support, full attendance throughout your labor, and several hours of support immediately following your birth.
A doula in Charlottesville, VA can help you in any kind of birth. Certified doulas are able to assist parents in creating the ideal “birth environment” and help parents deliver their baby safely. A doula can provide support during the birth whether it occurs in a hospital, a home, or another birth center of some kind. Doulas are there to support you in your desired birth preferences, whether that is a preference for natural, non-medicated, assisted, C-section or anything else.
Certified doulas can also act as a liaison between you and hospital staff regarding your childbirth expectations and preferences. For example, if your preference is to have a non-medicated birth, a doula can help guide you through that process and create a personalized birth plan. A certified doula in Charlottesville, VA does not replace medical staff (such as your obstetrician and nurses).
When a surgical procedure is required, there are some situations in which a birth doula can also remain in the operating room, although this is not an expected obligation. A certified birth doula can also assist hospital staff to improve the overall birthing experience. A doula in Charlottesville, VA will typically stay with the parents for several hours after birth to help them with birth recovery.
Evidence suggests that a birth doula in Charlottesville, VA can help improve parent satisfaction with their baby’s birth and delivery. The involvement of a doula can also lead to shorter deliveries with less complications.
Recent studies show that parents who have a support person like a doula by their side throughout labor and childbirth are more likely to:
- Give birth without the need for pain medicine
- Describe their birth experience in a positive way
- Give birth without the need for medical intervention, such as C-sections or vacuum delivery
- Experience a shorter labor
You can hire a doula early in your pregnancy to allow you time to get to know each other and to begin planning for your later trimesters, labor, birth, and aftercare. It is ideal to hire a doula when you are around 20 weeks along, but you can start looking for one before that.
It is never too late to hire a doula in Charlottesville, VA; you have right up to your due date to find a doula near you and receive all the benefits of doula support.
While many people think that a doula and a midwife are the same thing, their educational background and job duties are different. Doulas are non-medical professionals who provide emotional, physical and educational support, while also offering actionable advice and guidance to new parents about how to nurture their baby.
A midwife is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) or a certified midwife (CM). CNMs are medical professionals that are certified and licensed by the American College of Nurse-Midwives. CMs are also certified, but they do not have nursing backgrounds.
Doulas are not medical professionals; they focus on the emotional support for the parents and the family before, during, and after the birth of the baby. Their job is to provide information, advice, and support to the family not diagnose any medical conditions or provide medical advice.
Claudia
January 27, 2023 at 11:25 am | Client reviewShe was amazing so helpful even when I got her at the end of my pregnancy tried to help as much as possible during my labor always advocating for me and giving me information about things that weren’t necessary in the labor process . Unfortunately I ended up getting a c section but none the less she made me feel so much more informed and comfortable throughout my labor .