Welcome to PALS, the oldest doula organization in America!
What Is A Doula?
Doulas are labor support professionals experienced in childbirth who provide continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the laboring woman before, during, and just after childbirth. Doulas assist women giving birth in hospitals, birth centers, and home.
Our Mission
The Pacific Association for Labor Support is a membership organization dedicated to the development of the doula profession and to supporting its members. Fundamental to doula care is the understanding that continuous emotional support with reassurance during the birthing process improves and enhances maternal-infant outcomes and maternal satisfaction. The primary purpose of the doula profession is to positively influence the childbearing experience for women and their families.
Doulas are labor support professionals experienced in childbirth who provide continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the laboring woman before, during, and just after childbirth. Doulas assist women giving birth in hospitals, birth centers and at home.
Our Vision
The Pacific Association for Labor Support envisions a world where the importance of birth to women, babies, families and the entire community is acknowledged. Women’s experiences in birth will be honored and the empowering and transformative potential of the birth process will be recognized. The role of the doula will be accepted as an integral part of maternity care, and the doula profession will be a sustainable and viable career option.
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