#36: Your Birth Companion - Valentina Constenla Kasat

Tuning in with a pregnant person, taking care of their needs and making sure that the person in labor and their partners have the best possible experience of giving birth. This is how Valentina Constenla Kasat describes her job as a Doula. In this episode, she talks about how found this profession for herself, what has been the best moment so far and why in some way she compares herself to a labrador. AmsterDames Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amsterdamespodcast/ AmsterDames Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmsterDamesPodcast/ Website Valentina: https://www.doulavalentina.com/ Valentina on Parentally: https://www.parentally.nl/en/listing/doula-valentina-doula-package-807436356/show Instagram Valentina: https://www.instagram.com/doula_la_valentina/ Facebook Valentina: https://www.facebook.com/doulaLAvalentina Evidence-based birth article about Doula support: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/the-evidence-for-doulas/ Disclaimer by Valentina:  When talking about the "natural" or "normal process" of birth I intend to refer to the physiological processes that have been mostly observed and studied in labor, birth and immediate postpartum. Exceptions to these physiological processes can happen. If you are facing hardships in your transition to motherhood, I encourage you to acknowledge your struggle and seek help for yourself. A start point for this could be https://psychezwangerschap.nl/en