Seattle Birth Doula and Labor Support Services Provided by Christina Prskalo

Christina is a Certified Birth Doula and childbirth educator and is dedicated to providing informational, emotional and physical support to both new moms and dads through pregnancy and childbirth.

Studies have found that a doula's presence during the birth experience:

• Result in shorter labors with fewer complications
• Reduces negative feelings about one's childbirth experience
• Reduces the need for pitocin, forceps or vacuum extraction and cesareans
• Reduces the mother's request for pain medication and or epidurals

Research shows parents who receive
support are known to:

• Feel more secure and cared for
• Feel more successful in adapting to new family dynamics
• Have greater success with breastfeeding
• Have greater self-confidence
• Have less postpartum depression

Birth Doula and Labor Support services by Full Circle include:

1. Free consultation.
2. Two Prenatal visits.
   During this time, I establish a relationship that gives both parents compete freedom to ask questions, express fears and concerns and take an active role in creating the birth plan.
3. Continuous presence during labor and delivery.
   I provide comfort with pain relief techniques such as: breathing, relaxing, massage and positions. I encourage participation from the partner and offer reassurance. I act as an advocate for the mother, encouraging her in her desires for her birth
4. Breastfeeding support after delivery.
5. Photos of the birth experience, if desired.
6. Birth story and timeline.
7. One postpartum visit within the first week home.
   (This is to talk about the birth experience and admire your work)