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2 reviews • 4 families supported • 1 years experience
0 reviews • 6 families supported • 2 years experience
1 reviews • 57 families supported • 20 years experience
Shannon Fair Doula offers holistic, trauma-informed support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Committed to empowering clients, Shannon provides personalized care that blends education, emotional support, and practical guidance. Services include prenatal education, comfort measures during birth, and postpartum care. With a focus on respect for each client’s unique journey, Shannon integrates somatic practices, nutritional support, holistic practices, and cultural sensitivity to the birth experience. As an approved SoonerCare provider, Shannon strives to provide inclusive, accessible, high-quality support for all families.
Care philosophy
Shannon Fair Doula’s care philosophy centers on providing compassionate, personalized support through every stage of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. By valuing each client’s unique journey and respecting their choices, Shannon combines holistic practices, informed education, and empathetic listening to empower families and foster a positive birth experience.
Areas served
- Claremore, Oklahoma
- Collinsville, Oklahoma
- Pryor, Oklahoma
Reviews
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August 29, 2024 at 1:57 pm | Client reviewI cannot express enough how grateful I am to have had Shannon Fair as my doula. From our very first meeting, Shannon made me feel completely at ease. She took the time to really listen to my concerns and hopes for my birth experience and provided me with the information and resources I needed to feel empowered and confident. Shannon’s support during my pregnancy was incredible. She was always available to answer my questions, offering not just practical advice, but also emotional support that helped me navigate the ups and downs of pregnancy. During labor, Shannon was an absolute rock. Her calm presence and skilled use of comfort measures made such a difference in managing pain and staying focused. Shannon respected my birth plan and advocated for my wishes in the hospital, ensuring that I felt in control and supported in every stage. Even after the birth, Shannon continued to provide care and guidance, helping me with postpartum recovery and adjusting to life as a new parent. She didn’t just support me physically, but also made space for me to process my emotions and connect with my body’s natural rhythms. I felt completely cared for in every aspect, and I truly believe that having Shannon as my doula made my birth experience positive and empowering as it could be. I highly recommend Shannon to anyone seeking a doula who is knowledgeable, compassionate and wholeheartedly dedicated to their client’s well-being. Shannon is a true gem in the world of birth work!
2 reviews • 1 families supported • 1 years experience
My love for supporting mothers started with my own story. I was a new mom, going into having her first child feeling scare, helpless, and not at all confident in my abilities as a birther. I had no idea the resources available or the choices that I could make for myself or my baby. After having my daughter, I just knew that I had to learn how I could support moms through their pregnancy and birth.
Care philosophy
I am a DONA trained Doula and my passion is for supporting mothers! I serve mothers in the Tulsa area through birth/labor doula care and postpartum doula care! I am a huge advocate for new moms and for helping their families feel ready and empowered! For me, being a doula is about more than helping your birth go smoothly- it is about helping you feel loved, seen, heard, and understood.
Areas served
- Skiatook
- Tulsa
- Owasso
- Collinsville
- Sand Springs
- Claremore
Reviews
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Paige
February 24, 2024 at 7:46 am | Client reviewOnnekes support helped me become more comfortable during my first pregnancy. She talked me through everything and was wonderful in every aspect! She is helpful, punctual, and very smart. I would recommend her to anyone!
0 reviews • 2 families supported • 1 years experience
3 reviews • 129 families supported • 10 years experience
When I began working with expecting families in 2011, I immediately realized how important it is to have someone by your side who believes in you, during pregnancy, labor & birth, and postpartum. As my experience grew, my deep trust in the physiology of pregnancy, labor and birth grew, alongside my gratitude and respect for the medical technology we also sometimes need. I have experience supporting natural/unmedicated births, VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean), planned and unplanned cesarean births, high-risk birth, inductions, single moms, couples, and LGBTQIA families. I bring to each prenatal visit, childbirth class, and labor my knowledge and experience from working with many families before you, and I would love to help you create the birth experience you desire!
Care philosophy
I believe that each of us can make our own best life choices given the opportunity, and that there are no stupid questions when it comes to birth, chestfeeding, and our bodies. I am passionate about demystifying pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, and postpartum body stuff alongside my clients, without an agenda.
Areas served
- Tulsa Metro area
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Emily
March 31, 2021 at 7:30 pmThank you so much for sharing about our work together, Zenia! <3
0 reviews • 50 families supported • 20 years experience
Doula Services: FAQs
A doula is a professional that provides emotional, physical and educational support to new parents before, during, and after childbirth and into the early postpartum period. Doulas are companions who strive to give families a safe, positive, and healthy labor experience. They provide parents with evidence-based information and education on childbirth and are someone who the parent can turn to with questions and concerns about having a baby. Doulas also take an active role in collaborating with the parent to create a birth plan.
A certified birth doula offers advice and techniques to help reduce the stress that the parent often experiences during childbirth and provides you with education about different aspects of delivery and labor and what comes after.
There are two ways you can hire a doula through Meela in Tulsa, OK.
You can browse through the available doulas in Tulsa, OK and send the doulas you are interested in a message, introducing yourself and setting up an interview. We recommend interviewing at least three before hiring your top doula.
You can also hire a doula in Tulsa, OK in three easy steps:
- Post a job for free: answer some questions and receive responses from top-rated doulas in Tulsa, OK. It takes less than 30 seconds to post your job.
- Get your list of Tulsa, OK doulas: in a few hours, you will have a collection of doulas near you who are qualified to meet your needs. You can compare pricing, experience and read reviews. You can chat with each doula to learn more about them.
- Hire a doula with confidence: schedule virtual or in-person interviews with your top doula choices. Hire your top doula and start getting the care you deserve.
While the cost of a doula can vary based on experience and the services offered, the average cost of a doula in Tulsa, OK is $913, but typically ranges from $596 to $1,229. These costs are based on a representative group of 8 doulas surveyed by Meela in the Tulsa area. The average cost of a doula in Tulsa, OK is higher than the average cost of a doula in the state of Oklahoma, which is $812.
To put this in further context, the cost of a doula in Tulsa, OK is lower than the U.S. national average cost of a doula, which is $971.
When hiring a birth doula in Tulsa, OK, you and your doula will discuss and agree upon a fee structure, and your doula will send you itemized invoices through Meela, which you can pay securely through the app.
Some insurance companies will cover all or part of the cost of hiring a doula. Contact your insurance company to find out if they offer any coverage for hiring a doula; not all insurance companies do.
You can hire two types of doulas in Tulsa, OK: a birth doula and a postpartum doula. The birth doula is during your pregnancy and through the birth of your child. They provide you with emotional, physical and educational support during your pregnancy, your labor and delivery and for the first few hours after your child is born.
A postpartum doula will support you for the first few weeks after the baby is born. They provide in-home assistance, including teaching you how to take care of your newborn, acting as lactation consultant, and can provide some night nanny services.
Yes, a birth doula can provide support during a Cesarean birth and delivery. Doulas are non-medical professionals and do not replace obstetricians, physicians, midwives or nurses. They are an additive member to the team and provide emotional, physical and informational support to the birthing parent, partner and family. It is up to you whether the certified doula can remain in the operating room during the procedure.
When you hire a doula in Tulsa, OK, your services typically include several in-person prenatal sessions, 24/7 phone and text support, full attendance throughout your labor, and several hours of support immediately following your birth.
A doula in Tulsa, OK can help you in any kind of birth. Certified doulas are able to assist parents in creating the ideal “birth environment” and help parents deliver their baby safely. A doula can provide support during the birth whether it occurs in a hospital, a home, or another birth center of some kind. Doulas are there to support you in your desired birth preferences, whether that is a preference for natural, non-medicated, assisted, C-section or anything else.
Certified doulas can also act as a liaison between you and hospital staff regarding your childbirth expectations and preferences. For example, if your preference is to have a non-medicated birth, a doula can help guide you through that process and create a personalized birth plan. A certified doula in Tulsa, OK does not replace medical staff (such as your obstetrician and nurses).
When a surgical procedure is required, there are some situations in which a birth doula can also remain in the operating room, although this is not an expected obligation. A certified birth doula can also assist hospital staff to improve the overall birthing experience. A doula in Tulsa, OK will typically stay with the parents for several hours after birth to help them with birth recovery.
Evidence suggests that a birth doula in Tulsa, OK can help improve parent satisfaction with their baby’s birth and delivery. The involvement of a doula can also lead to shorter deliveries with less complications.
Recent studies show that parents who have a support person like a doula by their side throughout labor and childbirth are more likely to:
- Give birth without the need for pain medicine
- Describe their birth experience in a positive way
- Give birth without the need for medical intervention, such as C-sections or vacuum delivery
- Experience a shorter labor
You can hire a doula early in your pregnancy to allow you time to get to know each other and to begin planning for your later trimesters, labor, birth, and aftercare. It is ideal to hire a doula when you are around 20 weeks along, but you can start looking for one before that.
It is never too late to hire a doula in Tulsa, OK; you have right up to your due date to find a doula near you and receive all the benefits of doula support.
While many people think that a doula and a midwife are the same thing, their educational background and job duties are different. Doulas are non-medical professionals who provide emotional, physical and educational support, while also offering actionable advice and guidance to new parents about how to nurture their baby.
A midwife is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) or a certified midwife (CM). CNMs are medical professionals that are certified and licensed by the American College of Nurse-Midwives. CMs are also certified, but they do not have nursing backgrounds.
Doulas are not medical professionals; they focus on the emotional support for the parents and the family before, during, and after the birth of the baby. Their job is to provide information, advice, and support to the family not diagnose any medical conditions or provide medical advice.
Danielle
April 29, 2024 at 7:41 am | Peer reviewWillow is attentive, compassionate, and eager to serve families dealing with high-risk pregnancies.