What does Birth Doula do?

What does a Doula do? For some, doula work is about advocacy, helping women to identify their wishes with their caregiver when she is unable to speak up for herself. For others it is about simply being present and holding the space, bearing witness to her birth experience. For most, the roles are multiple and will differ with each client. Generally a doula may perform the following, depending on what the client is looking for: massage, relaxation, and other comfort measures information on options available some childbirth education a listening ear reassurance and encouragement Most doulas see themselves as providing support to the laboring mother. At every birth being supported, Doula role will be slightly different, depending on the needs of each client. For some women Doula role will be one of loving support and comfort. For another it will be advocacy and assisting her to empower herself. For another woman it will be to provide information. Most women will want a combination of different things from their doula. Link: What does a Doula do?

Happy Birthday to Us!

This month marked the 10th year we are in business. We have gone so far from a small start-up to locally registered as a small company to greater heights.

Recently, we have been busy conducting massage workshop, training more women especially mothers, to helped them acquired a skill that they can keep for a lifetime. This is one, another achievement that we have done in the past 4 years. Training not only sharing the skills to others, but at the same time, be able to create a more ideas for independency and work among mothers especially.

Aside from actively conducting massage training, we have yet another good news which will helped MyMumsWorld Singapore to expand further with more positive vibes. By September'2012, our Franchise Office in Perth (Australia) will start operating managed by our Partner there.
Our business have been franchised for our Prenatal and Postnatal services, with many young mothers and mothers to be who are living abroad and needed a comforting and familiar support.

And yes, we will be there very much often to conduct more training for our staff in Perth! The good news is, MyMumsWorld Singapore will still be operating as usual, with the help of our dedicated and caring therapists here.

Let us update you more on this again and meanwhile, keep those queries coming in!

Cheers,
Marlini RI
Founder|TherapistTrainer|BirthDoula

April Updates

Its still the month of April. We have been busy with new students coming in for our Massage Workshop, and training has begun smoothly as ever. The response for the Massage Workshop is overwhelming, with expectations such as to able to empower more SAHMs to pick up skills to be able to contribute to the country's economy and also to add passive income for the family.

Like for the past months, we are fully scheduled/booked for Postnatal Services, its different for this month. We are nearly fully booked (confirmed with payments) for Prenatal Massage Services up to 4th week of April! Why I called it 'nearly fully booked'? It meant, there are left with additional less than 2 slots/clients more for each of our therapist are able to take up.

Yes, you must be wondering why we have a capped for each therapist? We would like to make sure that our services are being controlled with quality, not quantity! 

This is where the advance booking is highly recommended, to ensure that you will definitely have a therapist to attend to you.

Surprisingly, despite the good respond for our Prenatal Massage Services this month, we are still open for Postnatal Massage bookings. Check out what we are offering for the benefits of our mothers.

Prenatal Massage Service & Postnatal Massage Package 

News of foam mats not safe for your child?

Last month I read an article featured in 'Mind Your Body', discovered that the foam mats that parents have been using for our kids play mat is not safe anymore. The foam mats - mostly made in China - were banned in Belgium and France last December, following tests which showed they contained dangerous levels of a potentially cancer-causing chemical called formamide.

Formamide is an industrial chemical which is often added to foam mats during the manufacturing process to make them more flexible.

It is water soluble and can be easily absorbed through the skin. Its fumes can be toxic if inhaled in excessive amounts.

This is something caught out of suprise. No doubt I have not idea on the further test results on this, well, precaution is always a better routes to safety.

Marlini Ridlis Ismail