Doula Services

During your visit with your Doula, you will discuss many things such as:

• Getting to know each other – building trust and understanding your hopes, preferences, and concerns.
• Birth planning support – exploring your options, creating a flexible birth plan, and preparing for different scenarios.
• Comfort measure practice – learning hands-on techniques like breathing, movement, positions, and relaxation strategies.
• Partner support guidance – helping your partner feel confident and involved in providing care and encouragement.
• Resource sharing – connecting you with evidence-based information, local providers, and helpful tools for pregnancy and postpartum.
• Answering questions – offering a safe space to talk openly about fears, expectations, and what matters most to you.

When the time comes, your Doula is there for you through thick and thin.

• Continuous presence – staying with you throughout labor, no matter how long it takes.
• Emotional support – encouragement, reassurance, and a grounding presence.
• Physical comfort – hands-on techniques like massage, counterpressure, movement, and positioning to ease labor.
• Advocacy and guidance – helping you communicate your preferences and needs, as well as understand your options in your medical care.
• Partner support – offering suggestions, reassurance, and breaks so your partner feels confident and included.
• Adaptability – supporting you through all kinds of births—whether unmedicated, medicated, cesarean, or unexpected changes.

Birth Doulas provide directly postpartum support during the first 6 weeks following your birth.

• Emotional support – a listening ear for your birth experience and the transition into parenthood.
• Infant care guidance – help with soothing, swaddling, feeding positions, and newborn basics.
• Feeding support – encouragement and resources for breastfeeding, bottle feeding, or combination feeding.
• Rest and recovery care – gentle guidance on healing, rest, and self-care during the early weeks.
• Resource connection – referrals to trusted lactation consultants, pelvic floor therapists, counselors, and other local providers.
• Partner and family support – helping everyone adjust to their new roles with confidence.

As a trained Doula with a background in Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy, Daisy specializes in providing extensive comfort measures, a grounding presence, and heartfelt support throughout your journey. With her knowledge in care provision and access to valuable resources, she’s here to empower you and your partner to feel confident and supported—no matter how your experience unfolds. Daisy also gently helps bridge communication between you, your loved ones, and your medical team, making sure your needs and preferences are respected and understanding.

At Advanced Physical Therapy of Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Benton, our focus is on providing patient-centered, outcome oriented and scientifically based treatment for general orthopedic problems, lymphatics, prenatal and postpartum conditions, and pelvic floor dysfunction for men, women, and children of all ages.