Birth Doula Services
Led by a Certified Birth Doula-CD (DONA)
Our Doulas provide continuous support from early labor through early postpartum, grounded in evidence- based practice and compassionate care. Our Doulas are formally certified at a recognized professional level and are experienced to serve you!
Meet your doula:
Rebekah Knight CD(DONA)
Rebekah is a Certified Birth Doula through DONA International at Nurturing Mamas Network. She brings both heartfelt compassion and steady presence to every birth she attends. She is deeply passionate about supporting women as they walk through motherhood, believing that every family deserves continuous encouragement, advocacy, and informed choice during labor and delivery.
Rebekah loves being a birth doula because she believes birth is not just a medical event - it is a transformational experience. She is honored to walk alongside families during such a sacred and vulnerable time, offering emotional support, physical comfort techniques and evidence-based education from pregnancy through early postpartum.
In addition to serving families directly, Rebekah assists with the Nurturing Mamas Network Training Institute. Through this role, she regularly sits in on perinatal mental health trainings, allowing her to deepen her understanding of maternal mood disorders, trauma-informed care, and emotional adjustment in the perinatal period. This ongoing exposure to mental health education strengthens her ability to support mothers not only physically, but emotionally and psychologically as well.
Rebekah is a wife, mother of two boys, one baby girl, and two bonus children. In her free time, she enjoys the outdoors, kayaking and karaoke parties with her family.
Rebekah’s goal is for every client to feel heard, empowered, and cared for as they welcome their baby into the world!
Responsibilities of a Doula
One of the key aspects of the involvement of doulas is that they provide emotional and other support by maintaining a “constant presence” throughout labor, providing specific labor support techniques and strategies, encouraging laboring women and their families, breastfeeding support and facilitating communication between mothers and medical caregivers. Many partners have even reported that the assistance of a birth doula allowed them to be fully present in the delivery of their child while taking pressure off of them to solely support their birthing partner.
Our birth support is provided by a CD(DONA)- a Certified Birth Doula through DONA Internternational, the most respected certifying organization for doulas in the world. This means your doula has completed rigorous requirements included training, hands-on experience, and adherence to professional standards and ethics.
Why Does Certification Matter?
The CD(DONA) credential means your doula:
Completed DONA International’s formal certification process
Has shown competence in birth support skills
Agrees to a Code of Ethics and Standards or Practice
Is part of a global community of over 10,000 trained professionals
The Benefits of Having a Doula
Studies examining the impact of continuous support by doulas report significant reductions in cesarean births, instrumental vaginal births, need for oxytocin augmentation, and shortened durations of labor (Campbell, Lake, Falk, & Backstrand, 2006; Klaus & Klaus, 2010; Newton, Chaudhuri, Grossman, & Merewood, 2009; Papagni & Buckner, 2006; Sauls, 2002). Continuous support also has been associated with higher newborn Apgar scores (greater than 7) and overall higher satisfaction by mothers with the birthing process (Sauls, 2002). Reports indicate that having a birth doula can drastically decrease the chances of experiencing a traumatic birthing experience which 1 in 3 women will typically experience. A birth doula will also able to link you to additional supports should they be needed or desired.
Limitations
A doula is not intended to replace the care of a hospital or the support of a partner. In fact, our doulas are not allowed to assist you in delivery if you are not under the care of a midwife or medical doctor.
Process of Utilizing a Birth Doula
After you complete the form below a birth doula will reach out to you to schedule a 30 minute complimentary consultation. This allows for her to gather information regarding your goals for the birth and postpartum period and for you to ask any specific questions regarding the use of a doula. If everyone agrees to continue the relationship, your doula will send you contracts through our electronic health system and schedule your first prenatal doula appointment.
Our doulas will provide 1-2 prenatal appointments where they will assist in the development of a birth plan, explore your goals for the birthing and postpartum experience, teach you specific labor support strategies, and provide additional resources that may be needed.
You will have access to our postpartum planning workshop where you will create a postpartum plan that will help you reduce feelings of anxiety and depression while decreasing conflicts with loved ones and strengthening relationships! Rebekah will teach you the signs of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (occurring in 1/4 women in Oklahoma), prevention strategies, explore ways to share household and parenting responsibilities, and create a plan for self-care during this time of life where many moms feel a sense of loss of self outside of being “mom”.
Around week 36 of pregnancy, your doula will begin checking in with you through text, email, or over the phone to see your pregnancy is progressing and if your cervix is dilating.
When you go into labor and either your midwife or doctor confirms you are in labor, you will make contact with your doula so that she can begin getting ready to support you during this time. Your doula will be available to you for up to 18 hours of the delivery, if needed. During this time she will provide comfort measures and be a constant presence of support and encouragement for you and your partner. When delivery is complete she is available to pick up food for you, assist you in showering and supporting you with breastfeeding.
Approximately 7-14 days postpartum your doula will be available to debrief the birthing experience and provide 3 hours of postpartum doula support for you where she can assist in child-care, play with a sibling, cook and clean or do some laundry.
Nurturing Mamas Network’s Doula Service Areas Include:
Duncan, Lawton, Marlow, Comanche, Chickasha, Ringling, Healdton, Ardmore, Moore, Norman
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Questions:
Can I have a birth doula in a hospital?
Yes! (Check with you Hospital about this due to COVID)
Can I have a birth doula even if I have a partner and/or a parent present?
Yes!
Can I have a birth doula if I am intending to have a medicated birth?
Yes!
Can I have a birth doula if I am having a scheduled induction?
Yes!
Not only can you have a birth doula during these times, but a birth doula is highly recommended during these situations.
Fees $800
We offer a payment plan where $400 may be paid at the time contracts are signed and $400 may be paid during the last prenatal appointment with your doula.
To contact a birth doula please complete the form below.
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(This payment option is divided into half allowing you to pay in two allotments)