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Welcome to the web site of
Vanina CAĎTUCOLI GOETGHELUCK,
Accompagnante Périnatale
" To accompany a couple for the birth exists for a long time,
it has been just forgotten…
Rediscover it… "
(Vanina)
Hello
Thank you for this visit on my website…I did not translate all the texts but I would be very glad to discuss with you by telephone or mail, as soon as you want…
See you soon
Allow me to introduce myself :
I have a 31 years old daughter and a 29 years old son, and I am an "Accompagnante Périnatale" since November 2002.This school was named ALNA (Accompagnantes ŕ la Naissance).
I founded the first school in France to allow this profession to exist in France, as it does in other countries….(often named "doula").My concern for ethics, for the respect of parents, for the limits of the accompagnante ŕ la naissance, helped me to write a Deontology Code for this profession.
I am the first Accompagnante Périnatale in France and, now, I am proud to have colleagues.
So, I am an almost 55 years old mother of two young adults.
I have felt, even before becoming a mother, that a pregnant woman needs special care and attention. At first, I gave my time to future mothers, because that's all I had. I had no real experience on my own.
Then, my children came in my life and they changed me from woman to mother.
Later, I was given the opportunity to live abroad in the Middle East for two years and in the Far East for four years. There, I met pregnant women and couples discovering their new life as parents in a country that was not their own, far from their relatives. It was difficult for them to feel confident and relaxed because of a certain language barrier and different cultural habits and mentality.I gave these couples my time. I listened to their worries and tried to help them with practical advice or just by being there. The people I met told me that my presence helped them, that I was useful to them.
Back in France, I founded a care centre, where for 14 years, I massaged newborns, their parents and expecting mothers.
Then, March 2003, I founded ALNA (School for Accompagnantes ŕ la Naissance).Since November 2005, I live in the South of France, near Marseille. I founded CeFAP, the new scholl to train Accompagnantes Périnatales. You can have a complete look on www.cefap-france.fr
I stay in Aubagne, for my pleasure, an I can accompany parents in a big area between Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Toulon…, as an Accompagnante Périnatale.
I can be beside you, as an Accompagnante Périnatale :
In order to accompany a pregnant woman, one must acknowledge the futures mother's know-how, and not make choices for her…
In order to accompany a future father, one must receive his fears, his joys, and reassure him in his ability to be a father…
In order to accompany a delivery, one must be an attentive witness, humble and discrete, but also tender, respectful and efficient…
The Accompagnante Périnatale must respect everyone's role and space : the mother's, the father's, the midwife's, and she must find her own special place…
In order to accompany the mother during the post-natal days when she goes back home, it is important to understand her over all needs : free time, rest, taking care of the older children, talking about breast-feeding…In order to accompany a couple when a baby comes into their life, it is important to, first of all, listen, observe, receive and give…give a lot…
To be clear about my role's limits, I wrote a detailed document that I give to parents who contact me. Here it is :
• I am Accompagnante Périnatale. Who am I?I accompany women, couples, for a given period, when they are expecting a child (all along pregnancy, the day of delivery and when it is time to go back home). I am a mother of 2 children. I graduated from ALNA an CeFAP, 2 schools which offer specific vocational training in pregnancy, delivery, feeding, breast-feeding, human relations, post partum needs, and more.
• What can I do for you during pregnancy?
During our conversations, we learn about each other : I learn about your expectations about delivery, your fears, your doubts. I take all the necessary time to answer your questions, to help you to find your own solutions (medical examinations, some discomforts, questions about your couple, nutrition, questions about delivery, about time after birth, questions about the older children, and so on…). I provide you with information, news or studies which could help you to make your choices.
I have a many years experience giving massage and this helps me to show the future father how he can massage his wife's tummy, or listen to baby's heart just with his ear, or do it myself if you want to.
I can give you some "tools" which may help you the day of the birth, like how to find comfortable positions, efficient ways of breathing …
We will speak as often as you want about contractions, pain, about what is exactly a delivery, with the different stages.• What can I do for you on the day of delivery?
First of all, I can make myself available. If you choose me as your Accompagnante Périnatale, you have priority on my timetable.
But, like all human beings, I can be sick or have an accident, and so, as a precaution, I will give you the name of another Accompagnante Périnatale if possible, and she will replace me in case I can not come. You will meet each other around 5 weeks before delivery. This conversation will be a complete and useful conversation and so, she has to be paid separately. Of course, you can refuse this, but it means that nobody will replace me in case of need.When labour starts (or when you think it starts), feel free and do not hesitate to call me. We will decide together what we have to do : meet at your place to pack and get ready or meet directly at the hospital?
There is no confusion between an Accompagnante Périnatale and a midwife : I cannot and will not take the responsibility of the delivery. It means that I could leave your place if you don't want to go to hospital when, according to the labour's evolution, I tell you it is time to go. I can't stop you from giving birth at home, alone, but I will try my best to dissuade you from doing it.
If your hospital does not accept an Accompagnante Périnatale in the delivery room, I even can go with you at hospital, if you want so. Even in case of caesarean, I can join you as soon as possible after the operation.
I am not present, next to you, to replace anyone (the father of the baby, the midwife, the doctor or anyone else): I am just next to you to keep intact your confidence, to act as a screen against what may disturb you. I am here to help the future father find and take his own place; to help you to have and understand any information regarding your delivery, if there is any decision which has to be taken, without deciding for you.
I can help you to be respected in your choices, your decisions (for example, no vaginal exam, monitoring, epidural anaesthesia or else which has absolutely to be done and explained before).
I can offer you relaxation, massages, special positions which can be very helpful, physically and emotionally during childbirth.• What can I do for you, just after delivery?
I can make sure that your requests are respected regarding your baby. I can help you when your baby discovers breast feeding for the first time. But first of all, I make sure that you feel alright, quiet, calm and that you have enough privacy. I stay until you feel comfortable.
• What can I do for you, when you go back home?I can help you take your first steps as a young mother, as young parents, or help you with the elder(s) if necessary, with your baby's feeding (breast feeding or bottle). I can answer your new questions (in the same way as before), put you in touch with specialists if necessary, listen to the new father with his own questions. My intention is to help you feel and understand that you are not alone.
• What I cannot do?An Accompagnante Périnatale does not provide the same birth preparation courses as the midwife does. This is the midwife's specificity. I cannot make any vaginal or medical exams. I cannot take your blood pressure, make medical prescription, do the delivery. I cannot go against medical decisions or decide anything for you. I cannot even clean up your room…!
• What can you do for me?
The first appointment is at a low price (30€) as it is the way to inform you about the role of an Accompagnante Périnatale.
If you choose me (and vice versa), you will call me and we will arrange a new appointment. We will try to see each other at least 3 times before delivery, with the future father if possible (at least one or two time(s)) and I will go to your place at least 2 times after birth (about a week after and a month after). So, all together, there are about 5 appointments and I am most often present at delivery, according to your wishes.
The appointments last about an hour and a half (they can take place in my house or yours during pregnancy) and they cost 50 euros. The traveling expenses are 0,40 euro for 1 kilometre.
I can, if you wish, give you a massage after an appointment. We will then spend about 2 hours together and I will charge you 60 euros.
My presence the day of the delivery costs 300 euros. This amount pays for the hours I spend with you during labour, delivery and after as I described above, but also, the fact that you can join me 24 hours a day at least 2 weeks before and 1 week after the due day.To participate at the Accompagnante Périnatale's evaluation, I ask all those with whom I have worked to fill-in a special form. And if you want, you can write for me a short text about how you went through this part of your life. Those texts are very important for me, of course, but also (if you agree) they can be published, especially on my web site www.accompagnanteperinatale-vanina.fr .
Training
I believe that it is necessary to be trained to become a reliable Accompagnante Périnatale.
So far, it is essential to be trained on :• Anatomy
• The physiology of pregnancy
• The physiology of childbirth
• Breast-feedingBut I believe that the Accompagnante Périnatale must know a lot about :
• Nutrition for pregnant woman
• Infant nutrition
• Dealing with prenatal death and handicaps
• The role of the father
• Post partum depression
• The respectful touchOn top of this, to be sure that the relation between the parents and the Accompagnante Périnatale is clear and healthy, she must work a lot on the Human Relation during her training.
All this is included in the formation I made up with Alna and CeFAP, and, of course, this is how I have been trained myself.
In addition to this training, I assisted 6 couples, free of charge, during a long period of training with a mid-wife.
It was only when all this was validated that I have been qualified.
I personally signed the Deontology Code, solemnly, even if I was the principal author of this Code…
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