Birth Support

Community Doulas is dedicated to the belief that all birthing people deserve the care of a doula, regardless of social or economic status.

What do we do?

We provide birth doula services to birthing people and their families who live in Maine and parts of New Hampshire.

Our focus as an organization is on improving birth outcomes for all pregnant people but especially those experiencing social or economic hardship. We hope to support, educate, and guide them through pregnancy, birth, and into the postpartum period with confidence.

We offer the following supports to birthing persons and their families:

  • Prenatal consulting and education

  • Continuous labor support

  • Postpartum support

  • Adoption support - both for the birthing person and the adoptive parents

  • Loss support – pregnancy loss, adoption loss, stillbirth planned Cesarean support

What happens next?

Once you have completed our Birth Support Inquiry, you can expect to hear back within a few days.

  • You will be matched with a doula and have the opportunity to interview them.

  • Once you decide to move forward with your doula, you will complete our Birth Support Profile (online) and schedule your
    first prenatal appointment with your doula. This appointment typically lasts 1-2 hours and is a time to ask questions, get to
    know one another, and establish your relationship.

  • You and your doula will schedule one additional prenatal visit, lasting 1-2 hour before you are due.

  • Your doula will be available to you 24/7 from 38 weeks until the birth of your baby.

  • Once in labor you will call your doula for continuous labor support, including phone and in-home support

  • Your doula will assist you with first contact and feeding immediately after birth, and stay until you and your family are ready for some alone time.

  • Your doula will schedule one postpartum visit within 7-10 days of your discharge from the hospital or birth
    center.

What is a birth doula?

A doula provides physical, emotional, and educational support to both the pregnant person and their partner. They work with a family prenatally to prepare for the birth, stay for the duration of the labor (whether be at home, in a birthing center, or at a hospital) and assist with the postpartum adjustment.

Doulas encourage, normalize, massage, coach and act as a living resource guide. They bear witness to
the amazing transformation that birth is.

Ready to Find Your Doula?

Please fill out the form below and someone will get back to you within a few days.