Right From the Start LTD.

Fellow Professionals serving other areas..... 

Before, During & After...A Complete Doula Service helping growing families in SE Pennsylvania. www.doulamom.com

Health Counselor..Diane Ruzzi, visit www.WholeHealthAdvisor.com and Imagine what your life would be like if you had clear thinking, energy and excitement every day.

Birth Doula..Catherine Gaertig, visit www.gentle-birth-doula.com and see how honored Catherine is to be a doula and how honored she is to provide support to expectant families on this unique and exciting journey.

Dana Scarano, NYS Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Birth Doula and owner of Hudson Valley Birth and Body which serves Ulster and Dutchess County New York provides Prenatal Massage and Birth Doula Services for hospital and home birth. Visit her website at http://hudsonvalleybirthandbodywork.com/ for more information.

Links and local resources to come...UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!

Statistics

• 800,000 women each year (1,200 women everyday) or approximately 20% of all women who give birth will experience some degree of postpartum depression (PPD).
• 50 - 80% will experience "Postpartum Blues."
• 10 - 18% of all pregnant women will experience pre-partum (antepartum) depression. Of these, 80% will develop PPD.
• 1-3/1,000 will experience postpartum psychosis (PPP).

Recurrence rate:
PPD = 66%
PPP = 33%

You don't have to become a statistic...

           www.postpartum.net

"A calm, confident, intuitive mother is inside every female.
She just needs the freedom to BE."                    -Chris Anne Johnson

          Founder and Director

        www.maternitywise.com

"Doulas represent a tangible solution to one of our society's greatest problems- the lack of support, assistance and empowerment of new mothers and fathers as they begin their journey through the unfamiliar territory of parenthood"

                   -Penny Simkin

              Speaker and author

          www.pennysimkin.com

"The exact number of women that have experienced postpartum depression is unknown. But researchers believe that depression is one of the most common complications during and after pregnancy. "

"Stop putting pressure on yourself to do everything. "

"Ask for help with household chores and nighttime feedings. If you can, have a professional support person help you in the home for part of the day."

          www.4women.gov

There is help available to you, and you deserve it...

Studies have shown that having a postpartum doula may:

• facilitate breastfeeding
• facilitate parent-infant bonding
• decrease the incidence of postpartum depression
• encourage appropriate well-baby and mother care
• increase parents’ confidence in their parenting skills
• provide support for siblings to enjoy the positive experience of the new baby