Supporting Clients through High Risk Pregnancies with Parijat Deshpande

July 23, 2023/Victoria Wilson CD(DONA)/Doula Well

If clients develop a high-risk pregnancy, some doulas may be unprepared for the change.

How doulas can best support clients facing high-risk pregnancies? Listen to this episode to find out!

Experiencing a high-risk pregnancy is not something any parent would plan for. It can be lifesaving for families experiencing high-risk pregnancies to receive quality support. Author, Speaker, and Health and Media Consultant Parijat Deshpande provides that kind of quality support! Parijat’s trauma-informed work provides strategies, insights, and neurobiological techniques to help pregnant people stack the odds in their favor during a high-risk pregnancy after prematurity or second or third-trimester loss. In this episode, we discuss how doulas, in particular, can best support clients facing high-risk pregnancies.

Follow Parijat and her work:

Parijat Deshpande | Author, Speaker, Consultant, Film Producer
Improving pregnancy outcomes for women experiencing a high-risk pregnancy after second or third trimester loss or preterm birth.

Path to Baby Program for Parents: https://www.parijatdeshpande.com/p2b

Training for Doulas: https://www.parijatdeshpande.com/learnwithparijat

Parijat’s bestselling book Pregnancy Brain: https://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Brain-Mind-Body-Management-High-Risk-ebook/dp/B07DYTWBZZ

Parijat Deshpande, CCTS-I, CTP is a bestselling author, speaker, consultant, and film producer who is dedicated to improving outcomes and ending preterm birth by adding a trauma-informed, neurobiological lens to prenatal care. On a mission to end the high-risk pregnancy crisis, she has served and supported thousands of pregnant people through her live events, one-on-one work, and bestselling book, Pregnancy Brain: A Mind-Body Approach to Stress Management During a High-Risk Pregnancy. Learn more about Parijat and her work at parijatdeshpande.com

Thanks to Doula Maddi for contributing her questions to this episode!

Victoria Wilson CD(DONA)

Victoria Wilson CD(DONA) has practiced in Central Kentucky as a birth doula and childbirth educator since 2015. Past clients speak to Victoria's compassion, expertise, and intuition as a birth doula. As creator of The Birth Doula Client Workbook, Victoria has condensed her proven process with her clients into a succinct template for other doulas! She runs thriving social media accounts with the goal of educating and encouraging followers on related topics. Learn more at motherwelldoula.com or join the conversation on Instagram (@motherwelldoula).

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