Welcome
It's me, Carolin, your birth and postpartum doula.
Nice to meet you!
As your personal birth companion, I provide non-medical support to women and their partners throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Not, because my clients need a doula. No. But because they WANT a doula.
Surrounding yourself with the right people can make all the difference. Why?
Because it takes a team effort to successfully manage pregnancy, birth and postpartum season. Whom do YOU want on YOUR team?
Regardless of your chosen birth location, I primarily service families living along the Silver Coast of Lake Zurich and the eastern shore of Lake Zug. (Wollishofen, Rüschlikon, Adliswil, Kilchberg, Thalwil, Oberrieden, Horgen, Wädenswil, Richterswil, Wollerau, Freienbach, Pfäffikon, Altendorf, Lachen, Zug, Baar, Walchwil).
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Cordially,
Your doula Carolin
Doula History
The term “doula” derives from modern Greek and means “woman caregiver”.
Nowadays, a doula is a non-medical professional that provides educational, emotional and physical support before, during and after birth.
Other terms are birth companion, labor coach, childbirth assistant.
M. Klaus and J. Kennell, two U.S. physician researchers conducted clinical trials on the medical outcomes of doula-attended births and discovered a “major reduction in length of labor, more than 50% drop in c-sections and a remarkable drop in mother’s need for pain medication.” [1]
A scientific 2017 study showed that continuous support during labor may improve outcomes for women and infants, including increased spontaneous vaginal birth, shorter duration of labor, and decreased caesarean birth, instrumental vaginal birth, use of any analgesia, use of regional analgesia, low five-minute Apgar score and negative feelings about childbirth experiences. [2]
In 1992, the first doula-training institute was founded: DONA (Doulas Of North America), later DONA International.
The Association Doula CH (www.doula.ch) was founded in 2006 und counts 262 members [3] nationwide.
[1] M. Klaus/J. Kennell/P. Klaus, Mothering The Mother – How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth, page 3, edition 1993, Perseus Books
[2] Meghan A Bohren, G Justus Hofmeyr, Carol Sakala, Rieko K Fukuzawa, Anna Cuthbert, Continuous support for women during childbirth (review) - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD003766., sourced on 6 Sep 2022
[3] Information from the General Assembly, March 18, 2023