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What is the difference between a postpartum doula & a baby nurse?

April 26, 2017baby difference doula nurse postpartum

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What is the difference between a postpartum doula & a baby nurse?

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The role of a postpartum doula is to help a woman through her postpartum period and to nurture the family. Unlike a baby nurse, a doula’s focus is not solely on the baby but on fostering independence for the entire family. The doula is as available to the father and older children as to the mother and the baby. Treating the family as a unit that is connected and always changing enables doulas to do their job: nurture the family.