“We had no idea what to do or expect until we met Mariam! Her infectious smile, energetic personality yet calming presence was just the beginning. . . .”
Welcome to Designated Doula!
Designated Doula is a DONA International certified birth doula service dedicated to providing you with customized care to best suit you and your growing family. We bring a “back-to-basics” approach utilizing traditional and proven methods of physical and emotional support, along with hands-on prenatal, labor, and birth support.
At Designated Doula, you are listened to and provided with care that will bring you comfort in your unique journey. People have different ideas and visions of what they want and expect from their labor and birth experience, so we work to understand your expectations. We build a birth plan with you and discuss your support options without judgment. Things don’t always go as planned but having Designated Doula on your team is part of the plan you can rely on.
What is a Doula?
A doula is someone specifically trained to provide continuous and uninterrupted emotional, physical, and informational support to a laboring and birthing person. We stay by your side throughout the labor, birth, and immediate postpartum periods in any capacity you choose. Whether you strive for physical touch or need your space, we use methods of labor support in a caring and therapeutic manner with you and your well-being as our sole priorities. A doula will help you achieve the birth experience you most desire by building your confidence and preparing you for the journey ahead.
Experience and Training
Certified Birth Doula, CD(DONA) • Labor and Birth Support • Vaginal Birth • Unmedicated Birth • Medicated Birth • Epidural • Nitrous Oxide • Cesarean Birth • Repeat Cesarean • Planned Cesareans • VBAC • High Risk • Multiples • Premature • Birth Center • Hospital • Breastfeeding • Pumping • Bottle Feeding • Formula Feeding • Adoption • Reproductive Justice • Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE)
Services
Free In-Person Consultation • Unlimited Text, Call, and Email Support • Unlimited Prenatal Visits and Support • Birth Plan/Preference Worksheet Building • On Call 24/7 Starting at 38 Weeks Until Birth • Unlimited Prenatal Visits and Support • Uninterrupted and Continuous Labor and Birth Support • Immediate Postpartum Support • Breastfeeding/Infant Feeding Support • Postpartum Home Visit • Personalized Birth Story
We provide service to the Triangle and surrounding areas, including
Durham • Raleigh • Chapel Hill • Cary • Morrisville • Apex • Garner • Wake Forest • Carrboro • Pittsboro • Hillsborough • Mebane • Burlington • surrounding Durham, Wake, Orange, and Alamance County Areas
