Word: guralnick
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...time when the average prenatal visit with an obstetrician lasts six minutes, Guralnick's 1 1/2-hr. visit with the Suris feels like good value for the money. Doula fees vary greatly by geographic area. The range is approximately $300 to $1,000 for a labor doula, and postpartum specialists charge hourly rates of $15 to $35, though often with a 15-hr. minimum. As doula services are not yet covered by medical insurance, most doulas say their clientele tends to be affluent...
...Suri, a Manhattan couple in their early 30s, are expecting their first child at the end of this month. After reading several childbirth books and attending a Lamaze class, Debra decided she wanted to have a doula present at her baby's birth. She interviewed several women and chose Guralnick. "I really wanted to go with a doula, because Barbara has so much knowledge and experience, and I find it very comforting to have somebody there with us from the beginning to the end, to be able to answer our questions," says Debra...
Individual doulas follow their own routines, and Guralnick includes two pre-natal visits with a couple to get acquainted and go over options. In a meeting in the Suris' apartment--Ash's first with the doula --Guralnick provides the couple with documents and reviews topics like pain medication and various interventions that can be used during labor and delivery. Debra sits on the massive 75-in. ball to get accustomed to how it feels. (Women in labor often find the ball more comfortable than a chair.) She guides them through massage techniques and positions that ease labor pain, demonstrating...
...thought you were here to do my job," says Ash with a laugh. His comment raises a pressing issue: If a doula is providing all this physical and emotional support for the woman, what's Dad supposed to do? While Ash is relieved that Guralnick will be there, many birth fathers feel a bit wary and even threatened by the news that their wives want special help from another nonmedical person. Good doulas make fathers feel more involved and more useful at a stressful time...
Sometime around March 25, Guralnick's phone will ring, and she will pack up her things and dash off to be with the Suris. She will stay with them through every push, grunt and moan. And when their baby is born, she will pack up her big rubber ball and move...