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We hope that you found this site because you are looking for information about doulas or trying to find a  doula in the Atlanta, GA area. Please feel free to call or e-mail Linda for more information. You may also post questions to our Ask A Doula forum. There is a link to a guest book at the bottom of the page for any comments you may wish to make. This a new site and is definitely under construction. Look here for information about doula service cost.

What's a Doula?

"The word 'doula' comes from ancient Greek and is now used to refer to 'a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before during and just after childbirth.' Research studies have found the when doulas attend births, labors are shorter, there are fewer complication, and there is less need for oxytocin, forceps, vacuum extraction, pain medication, epidurals or cesarean deliveries." 

From a Doulas of North America pamphlet
For more information about what a doula does see the Doulas of North America Position paper.

Services

We provide pre-natal assessment, a birth plan, continuous emotional support and comfort measures during the labor, breast feeding information and follow-up. Additional post-partum care is available. Please call or e-mail to set-up a free initial consultation. Information about the cost is provided here. We also provide an online forum for parents to ask questions. Click here to access Ask A Doula

Linda V. Bertoncini, R.N., B.A.,
CD (DONA), Member, ICEA 

Linda is the mother of four, ages 31, 29, 27 and 26 and the grandmother of three granddaughters ages 8, 5 and just born September 17. She is a nurse with Emergency Medical Technician training and a member of Doulas of North America. She has experience in teaching fitness, nutrition, stress management and meditation. She breast fed her own children and was a La Leche League leader. Linda has a strong belief in the importance of the birth experience as a defining moment in the lives of women and in father involvement in the birth experience. For more on why I became a doula click here.