Ukucinga ngokuqesha a uDoula ukuba abe semnxebeni wosuku olukhulu? I-Doulas, enikezela ngenkxaso engeyiyo yonyango ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo, ziya zithandwa kakhulu kumagumbi okubelekela kunye namaziko okuzala.
Kodwa ii-doulas ezininzi nazo zenza umsebenzi wasemva kokubeleka, zinceda oomama abatsha ukuba bajongane noxinzelelo, iintsuku zokuqala zobuzali. Nasi isizathu sokuba unokufuna ukucinga ngokuqesha i-postpartum doula ukukunceda nge-"trimester yesine" yakho.
Yintoni i-postpartum doula?
I-postpartum doula ngumntu ogxile ekuncedeni utshintsho kwiintsapho ngexesha lasemva kokuba umntwana ezelwe, uyacacisa uMeaghan Grant. I-doula kufuneka ibe nesiqinisekiso ukwazi ukusebenza kokubini kwimeko yokuzalwa kunye nasemva kokubeleka. Ezinye zii-doula zasemva kokubeleka kuphela, kodwa ezinye zikwayi-birthing doulas, enamava okunceda abazali ngokubeleka kunye nokubeleka. Kufuneka ujonge okona kukuthanda kakhulu. Akusekho mfuneko yokuba uchithe esi sigaba sobomi bakho wedwa, ukuba akunaqabane ecaleni kwakho ukukunceda emsebenzini.
Qasha idoudla nokuba ayingomntwana wakho wokuqala
Ndiyabelana ngemeko yabazali abathi xa bakhulelwa umntwana wabo wesibini, uLucy noMike L. waseMinneapolis, eMinnesota, babengekho abaqalayo xa kufikwa kubuzali. Intombi yabo endala yayibanike amava amaninzi kwaye babekhululekile ngokuziswa kunye nazo zonke iziseko zomntwana ezifana nokutshintsha i-diaper, iishedyuli zokulala kunye nokukhetha kokutyisa.
Kodwa xa umhlobo wabo wabazisa kwidoula egama linguMary, ngoko nangoko bacofa kwaye bagqiba kwelokuba baqeshe idoula yinto ababefuna ukuyizama.
“Enyanisweni, amava am okuzalwa kwam ayebuhlungu kwaye ndandifuna ukuba le yahluke,” uyachaza uLucy. “Kwakhona, xa wayethetha nathi ngazo zonke izinto anokuzenza ukuze asincede, ndacinga ukuba licebo elihle elo.
Uncedo oluphucula umgangatho wobomi
UMary waxelela esi sibini ukuba akazukuba khona kuphela ukuze ancede ngokukhulelwa kunye nokuzala, kodwa uya kunceda emva kokubeleka, enze nantoni na uLucy ayifunayo. Oku yajika yaba yintsikelelo xa uLucy wafikelwa kukubeleka kwangoko kwaye uMike wayengakwazi ukufika ekhaya kuhambo lweshishini ngexesha ukuze abe lapho.
UMary wanceda uLucy ukuba ahlale ezolile, waxelela isibhedlele malunga nesicwangciso sakho sokuzalwa, unike uhlaziyo rhoqo kuMike kwaye wafowunela umama kaLucy.
Yintoni eyenziwa yi-postpartum doulas?
I-Postpartum doulas inokwenza izinto ezininzi ezahlukeneyo ukunceda abazali abatsha, njenge pholisa umntwana obhityileyo, lungisa iingxaki zesondlo, unakekele umntwana ngelixa abazali bephumla, lungisa ukutya okulula, ukufaka izitulo zeemoto, ukunceda abantwana abadadlana, kwanokucoca impahla encinane.
Ngokuyinene, zizandla ezongezelelweyo ukuba wonke umama omtsha unqwenela ukuba abenayo.
UMary akazange aqhubeke enceda uLucy nosapho lwakhe kuphela kwiiyure ezingama-24 zokuqala emva kokuba uLucy ebelekile, wayekwifowuni. kwiveki yonke yokuqala.
“Wazihlamba izitya. Wadlala nentombi yethu endala. Wayeqinisekisa ukuba ndinebhotile yamanzi kunye ne-nipple cream ngamaxesha onke. Ndenze imisebenzi. Undincedise nokuba ndisebenzise igumbi lokuhlambela okokuqala ekhaya, nto leyo enzima kakhulu kunokuba ibonakala,” utsho uLucy.
Banokwazi ii-ts ezincinci nakwiiveki emva kokunikezelwa
Emva koko, uMary wayedlula kanye ngeveki kwiinyanga ezimbalwa zokuqala ukuze ahlole intsapho aze ayincede, ngokufuthi ukugcina abantwana iiyure ezimbalwa ukuze uMike noLucy bachithe ixesha elithile bodwa.
“Ibingamava ahluke kakhulu kunakuqala,” utshilo uLucy. “Ndichithe ixesha elingakumbi ndinxulumana nosana lwam kwaye ndiphumle. Yayingamava azole ngakumbi kuye wonke umntu.”
Nangona kunjalo, enye yezona nkonzo zibalulekileyo i-postpartum doula ibonelela ngayo inzima kakhulu ukuyilinganisa. I-doula inokukujonga, imamele xa ufuna ukuphuma, kwaye jonga ukuba kukho iimpawu zokudakumba emva kokubeleka okanye ezinye iingxaki zohlengahlengiso.
Nangona i-doulas ayifanelekanga ukunika iingcebiso zonyango, baqeqeshelwe ukujonga iimpawu ukuba ukwixesha elinzima kwaye banokukunceda ufumane izixhobo ezifanelekileyo zokukunceda uzive ungcono. Unokufumana iingcebiso kumgqirha, umcebisi wokuncancisa, ingcali yomgangatho we-pelvic, i-acupunturist, okanye inani lezinye iindidi zeengcali ezinokuba luncedo ngokuxhomekeke kwiimfuno zakho.
Ngubani ofanele aqeshe idoula emva kokubeleka?
Nawuphi na umzali ofuna kancinci uncedo olongezelelweyo emva kokuba umntwana ezelwe unokuzuza kwi-postpartum doula. Kodwa iinkonzo zabo zilunge ngakumbi kubazali abatsha, abazali abalindele iintsana ezininzi, oomama ababebeleke nzima, abazali beentsana ezinomkhuhlane, okanye nabani na okhe wanamava anzima ngaphambili.