1505 Eastland Drive, Suite 500
Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 662-2273
Fax: (309) 662-2014
Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 662-2273
Fax: (309) 662-2014
We are pleased and excited to have teamed up with The Birth Experience. Doula Dionne Otto established The Birth Experience as a way to connect families to the pregnancy and parenting resources in our community. She offers her combined wisdom about pregnancy, labor, birth, and lactation with clients through birth doula service, classes and other services. Many of her classes are held right here at Ob-Gyn Care and range from Wise Birth Choices to Better Breastfeeding and from Happiest Baby on the Block to Exploring the Postpartum Experience. Other classes are available as well and provide information as a way to help you gather the resources you need in order to make informed choices and have the birth you desire.
The belief of The Birth Experience is that all mothers are walking bravely on this journey into motherhood and exploring birthing options and labor support for themselves (and their partners), as well as preparing for what lies ahead postpartum. Dionne hopes to nurture, educate, and encourage families during the special and unique journey of labor, birth, and beyond.
Specific information about the class availability and service offerings is available on her website contact her if you have any questions related to the services or classes.
It is now widely recognized that having a female labor support doula assisting the birthing woman or couple can decrease the length of labor, decrease the severity of perceived pain, decrease the need for anesthesia or analgesia, and can help prevent cesarean section.*
Women who are continuously supported by a birth doula throughout their labor are:
In addition, long term benefits of labor support include:
A good birth experience will enhance the postpartum period by speeding recovery, easing breastfeeding and securing the satisfaction of the mother and father with each other and themselves.
*Hodnett ED, Gates S, Hofmeyr G J, Sakala C. Continuous support for women during childbirth [PDF]. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD003766. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003766.