Childbirth Education and Doula Services

 Empowering women and their families throughout pregnancy and beyond

About Tina

Birth is truly an event that changes your life. It has been a privilege for me to assist women and their partners, and an honour to be present for many births. It is my desire to empower women and their families through information, and to support them throughout this transition through pregnancy and into parenthood.

New parents often feel vulnerability as they enter into labour. As a Doulas of North America (DONA) certified birth doula it is my duty to ensure they feel confident and assured about their many decisions before, during and after their birthing experience.  I work with women and their partners before labour begins to educate them about their rights and what to expect throughout each stage of labour, and during birth. We work together during your labour to fulfill your needs and find comfort measures. I work to support your birth partner to support you and work as a team member with your care-providers, at your birth setting to ensure you a unique birth experience. I provide a birthing attitude that is warm, flexible and empathetic.

As a DONA postpartum doula I provide non-medical physical, emotional and informational support after the birth of your baby. I will help with self-care recovery, postpartum comfort measures, infant care, parenting information and resources, and provide you assistance with learning to feed and take care of your baby. Practical support will include preparing simple meals and snacks, getting frequent drinks, and general assistance as indicated by you and through your care plan that we build together.

As a Certified Lamaze Childbirth Educator (LCCE), I provide women and their birth partner information and prenatal education using Lamaze International’s philosophies and evidence-based research.  This will ensure you know all you need to be prepared for the birth of your baby and feel confident in trusting your body’s ability to birth and breastfeed.

I design, teach and evaluate a course in Lamaze preparation that increases a woman's confidence and ability to give birth. Acting as an advocate to promote normal, natural, healthy, fulfilling childbirth experiences for women and their families. I assist women and their families to understand how interventions and complications influence the normal course of pregnancy and discover and use strategies that facilitate normal, natural, healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding and early parenting. I provide information and support that encourage attachment between babies and their families.

My main goals are to bring more loving care back into this life-changing event, while empowering and assisting women to trust their body’s ability to birth and breastfeed.

All the while I provide honest, balanced, evidence-based information to the soon-to-be new parent(s), so informed-choices can be made for their own unique birth and postpartum experiences.

Tina Dala  

  Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE)

  Doulas of North America (DONA)

  Certified Birth Doula

  DONA Postpartum doula

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