Doula's

Doula is a Greek word meaning "woman who serves" Doulas are professionally trained to give emotional, physical, and informational support to women and their partners during their labour. In a 1991 study, Dr. Marshall Klaus and Dr. John Kennell showed that the presence of a doula reduced the c-section rate by 50%, use of epidural by 60%, length of labour by 25% and the use of oxytocin by 40%.
If you would like information on finding a Doula in Ottawa for your birth or if you would like to investigate doula training the following organizations can be helpful:

DONA International www.dona.org
Ottawa Labour Support, Gillian Sippert email: madgas@sprint.ca
Franziska Heinze photography and Doula Services: www.franziskaheinze.com
Mother Nurture Childbirth Services, Julie Keon CD(DONA) CPD (DONA): www.mncs.ca
ABC Soutien Perinatal support Gisele Gobeil RN, CD(DONA), IBCLC 613- 831-3180
Ginette Bertrand CD(DONA), IBCLC 746-9480
Susan Martensen, Birth & Beginnings, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA), 613 721 1363, smartensen@sympatico.ca
Tabitha Bernard 613-868-4343 DONA trained email tabithabernard@rogers.com
Susan Wheat 613-447-8726 swheat@sympatico.ca
Donna Todd, Full Circle Bilingual Birth Servives (613)220-7977info@fullcirclebirth.ca
Pia Anderson CD(WFC) 613-828-0546 pia.anderson@rogers.com
Pamela Olver CD(DONA) 613-831-3271 or 613-447-5927 pamelaolver@hotmail.com
Jen Outhouse 613-841-3260 jenouthouse@sympatico.ca
Shannon MacFarlane CD(DONA) PCD(DONA) 613-286-0870 www.new-arrivals.org
Jackie MacNair, Birth Doula, 613-321-9058 or jackiemacnair@rogers.com
Gina Merlin CAPPA trained 613-9893841 gina.merlin@sympatico.ca
Erin Shaheen, DONA trained Postpartum doula, birth@ottawacea.com