• Education about pregnancy, labor stages, and birth options

• Creating a birth plan

• Teaching comfort techniques (breathing, positioning, relaxation)

• Emotional support and answering questions

• Partner coaching (how your partner can help during labor)

•Emotional reassurance and encouragement

• Physical comfort measures (massage, counter-pressure, positioning, heat/cold packs)

• Advocacy and helping communicate preferences to medical staff

• Supporting the partner so they can stay calm and involved

• Helping with coping techniques for contractions and pushing

• Emotional support and mental health check-ins

• Breastfeeding or bottle-feeding guidance

• Newborn care education (swaddling, soothing, sleep cues)

• Helping parents adjust to routines

• Light household support (tidying, meals, baby laundry—varies by doula)

• Supporting recovery and rest for the birthing parent

    •    Help parents with breastfeeding latch and positioning

    •    Support milk supply problems (low supply, oversupply, pumping)

    •    Teach pumping and bottle-feeding techniques

    •    Help babies who struggle to feed or gain weight

    •    Treat or guide through clogged ducts, mastitis, engorgement

    •    Create feeding plans for newborns and premature babies

    •    Answer questions about medications and breastfeeding safety

    •    Support parents emotionally with feeding challenges