“Giving birth should
be your greatest
achievement, not
your greatest fear.”
— JANE WEIDEMAN
HELLO, AND WELCOME!
My philosophy is simple… this is YOUR birth and you ARE going to rock it! My goal as your Birth Doula is to provide compassionate, emotional and physical support to empower you to have the birth you desire and deserve. I will educate you so that you feel confident in making informed decisions about your labor by providing evidence-based information and advocating for you to find and use your voice during this delicate time. With my added skills as a Massage Therapist, I will provide and can show your birth partner(s) how to provide, an array of natural pain relief remedies. And lastly, I will help you create and fiercely protect your ideal birth space. You’re about to embark on a very important journey and it would be my honor to walk alongside you.
Servicing the Finger Lakes & Rochester areas of New York.
What exactly is a Massage Doula?
I have experience working with mothers as a Birth Doula, but I’m also a NYS Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT). Which means when I attend your labor as a Massage Doula, you get both. I will still provide emotional and educational support, I will still be with you for the entirety of your labor, I will still do all the other thousand little amazing things Doulas do, but you’ll also have a well-trained labor massage therapist at your fingertips. How awesome is that?!
If your worried about lying down for an hour to get a massage during labor, don’t be. That would be silly and crazy difficult, right?! Labor massage is its own art and nothing like a typical massage on a table. Often, I’ll be working on one area of your body during contractions, and then doing something completely different between them. I work around you and whatever position you are in. It’ll entirely depend on what works for you in the moment. You may also find yourself not wanting to be touched at all, and that’s okay too! In addition, I absolutely love guiding partners to find their own confidence in supporting you and we will work together as a team to bring you the utmost support.
Still wondering why you should hire a Doula? Well, take a look at these statistics gathered from this awesome article on Evidence Based Birth® and this study on people who have continuous support during childbirth!
Decrease in the risk of a Cesarean birth*
Decrease in the use of Pitocin*
Increase in the likelihood of a spontaneous vaginal birth*
Decrease in the use of any medications for pain relief
Decrease in the baby’s risk of a low five minute Apgar score
Minute shorter labors on average
Decrease in newborns being admitted to a special care nursery
Decrease in the risk of being dissatisfied with the birth experience
For the outcomes designated with asterisks*, the best results occurred when a birthing person had continuous labor support from a Doula– someone who was NOT a staff member at the hospital and who was NOT part of their social network.
Ready to schedule your free consultation?
Jodi Guererri LMT
BASED IN GENEVA, NY
SERVICING THE FINGER LAKES & ROCHESTER AREAS OF NEW YORK.
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