Doula

Confidentiality

Sacred Hands Doulas respect a client’s right to privacy and confidentiality. Information shared between client and doula must not be shared elsewhere. Doulas are not bound by HIPAA, but must honor the client’s right to privacy. This includes any and all details and information about pregnancy, birth, postpartum, life, and health. Sacred Hands doulas do not provide identifying information about clients and/or discuss client health history, family life, birth plans, and/or birth experiences. Sacred Hands doulas do not announce pregnancies, genders, births or other private information by any means of communication, including social media, without client permission.

Professionalism and Integrity

Sacred Hands Doulas honor all births and maintain professional conduct in all situations. Sacred Hands doulas are not client advocates and do not speak on behalf of their clients. Sacred Hands doulas work to create environments and relationships for collaborative care with the client’s other birth attendants, health care providers, and staff. Sacred Hands Doulas communicate with other birth professionals online and otherwise respectfully, always with the goal of creating relationships and fostering growth. Sacred Hands Doulas choose professional distance over conflict when necessary.

Sacred Hands Doulas dress professionally for all interviews, client appointments, births, and when promoting one’s business or Sacred Hands Doula. Professional doula dress is business casual, unless at a birth. Professional dress at a birth includes, clean, comfortable clothing. When scheduling clients, Sacred Hands doulas communicate any dates that he/she may have conflict or are unavailable during a client’s on-call period. This should be conveyed in writing, preferably on your contract. Sacred Hands Doulas are encouraged to work with backup and communicate with clients that the backup doula will attend in the event she/he is unable to.

Sacred Hands doulas strive to keep appointments and be on time as a point of professionalism. Should we need to reschedule an appointment, we provide our clients as much notice as possible and suggest an alternative time/date.

Sacred Hands Doulas reply to client contact as soon as possible and during the on-call period a response should be made within 1 hour. Sacred Hands doulas strive to reply to all other client contact within 12-24 hours.

Sacred Hands Postnatal Support

A client’s Sacred Hands postnatal is individual and non-judgemental, relational support. Sacred Hands Doulas understand that the postnatal journey may be unpredictable and a client’s postnatal intention plan may change. Sacred Hands Doulas understand that interventions are not evil and each have a time/place. Sacred Hands Doulas understand that it is the relationship and support provided to the client, not the birth specifics or outcome that create the best client experience.

Sacred Hands Doulas do not provide transportation for clients or client families to or from prenatal appointments, place of birth and postnatal doctor appointments.

Sacred Hands Doulas join their clients after labor at client request. Sacred Hands Doulas may provide early labor support via phone if this is acceptable to the client. Sacred Hands Doulas support their client, baby and the partner or additional family chosen during the postnatal support duration.

Resources

Sacred Hands Doulas aim to have a comprehensive resource list and make referrals to appropriate community resources as needed. This may include, but is not limited to acupuncturists, chiropractors, health care providers, massage therapists, naturopaths, mental health care professionals, lactation consultants, and community groups.

Sacred Hands Doulas Are Not

Birth advocates: Advocacy is often in the heart of a doula. When supporting a client, the Sacred Hands Doula is not an advocate. Sacred Hands Doulas facilitate conversation between the client and/or her advocate (partner, power of attorney). Medical Professionals: Sacred Hands Doulas do not provide medical assessment, treatment, or diagnosis. These may include, but are not limited to, determination of SROM, body temperature, blood pressure, fetal heart rate, cervical change, etc. 

Backup

Sacred Hands Doulas may provide a backup doula for all clients should the doula be ill or unavailable due to emergency. Clients are to be notified as soon as possible that a backup doula will be covering their postnatal support scheduled visits, if the need arises. Sacred Hands Doulas have a contract and clear working relationship and financial agreement with their backup doula.

Alternative Therapies and Additional Teaching

Sacred Hands Doulas may use alternative therapies that have been consented to by the client and that he/she is otherwise trained to use. This may include, but is not limited to TENS, acupressure, acupuncture massage therapy, herbology, essential oils, homeopathy, etc. Sacred Hands Doula does not provide training or certification in alternative therapies. Sacred Hands Doulas understand that alternative therapies may be powerful, and ‘natural’ does not equate to benign. All Sacred Hands Doulas not certified or holding professional training in alternative therapies, refer to those who are when needed. 

Placenta

Policies and Procedures

Sacred Hands Placenta Experts must comply with the terms and conditions set forth in the Ethics and Standards of Practice. It is the responsibility of each educator to read, understand and operate under these standards. Certified Sacred Hands Placenta Experts will follow proper safety protocols at all times. These protocols include those laid out by their Blood Borne Pathogen and Food Handler training as well as topics discussed in Sacred Hands Placenta.

No False Claims

Certified Sacred Hands Placenta Experts will make no claims concerning the benefits of placenta ingestion. Sacred Hands Placenta certification does not confer practitioners to be licensed medical professionals and practitioners do not diagnose, treat, or prescribe for any health condition. No specific benefits are promised and benefits have not been evaluated by the FDA. It is the responsibility of the clients to determine if using placenta preparations may be of benefit to them. Placental supplementation is intended solely for ingestion by the individual who has birthed the placenta(s). It is the Certified Sacred Hands Placenta Expert duty to provide the services claimed on their marketing and on contracts. All services will be performed competently based on the standards of practice, safety and guidelines taught by Sacred Hands Placenta.

Disclaimer

Your use of our Website is also subject to our Disclaimer. All the content found on our website at www.sacredhandsdoula.com, including images, audios, text, videos, infographics, and any other format of a content are provided for informational and/or educational purposes only.

Our content is not meant to be a substitute for professional medical or health advice, and you should not accept it as such.

If you need medical and/or health advice, evaluation, consultation, then you must seek the advice of a qualified physician or health care provider in your area regarding any health and/or medical questions you have for your health condition.

Do not ignore or delay your physician’s advice or orders based on something you read on our site. If you’re having a medical emergency or are dealing with health issues, please consult your physician and/or go to the hospital.

Although every effort is put into making sure that all the information provided on www.sacredhandsdoula.com is accurate and updated, your reliance on any information provided by SweetLove LLC dba Sacred Hands is solely at your own risk.

SweetLove LLC dba Sacred Hands is not responsible or liable for any claims made by external websites or education companies.

 If you wish to have clarification on anything stated above, contact us at hello@sacredhandsdoula.com.

Confidentiality

Sacred Hands Placenta Experts respect a client’s right to privacy and confidentiality. Information shared between client and encapsulator must not be shared elsewhere. Encapsulators are not bound by HIPAA, but must honor the client’s right to privacy. This includes any and all details and information about pregnancy, birth, postpartum, life, and health. Sacred Hands Placenta Experts do not announce pregnancies, births or other private information by any means of communication, including social media, without client permission.

Professionalism and Integrity

Sacred Hands Placenta Experts honor all births and maintain professional conduct in all situations. Sacred Hands encapsulators support relationships for collaborative care with health care providers, and other professionals involved in their clients’ care. 

Sacred Hands Placenta Experts communicate with other birth professionals online and otherwise respectfully, always with the goal of creating relationships and fostering growth. Sacred Hands Encapsulators choose professional distance over conflict when necessary. 

Certified Sacred Hands Placenta Experts will follow all laws and ordinances of their local area, state and country.

Alternative Therapies

Sacred Hands Placenta Experts do not provide training or certification in alternative therapies, including traditional Chinese Medicine, herbal preparations or essential oils. Sacred Hands Placenta certification does not confer the right to offer any of these therapies.

Marketing and Digital Policies

Sacred Hands Placenta Experts share and market their information, while keeping in mind that all they are responsible for the maintenance of the good reputation of Sacred Hands and their fellow encapsulators. Sacred Hands Placenta Experts avoid deceptive, misleading, or unethical conduct. We do not participate in mass unsolicited telephone calls, faxing or e-mail nor do we add individuals to a customer list or private group without their express permission. 

Liability and Risk

Sacred Hands holds all liability and business insurance in the terms and amounts as required by law and is prudent business practice. Sacred Hands understands that while traveling to or from placenta encapsulation work, related meetings, or events that we are doing so as a part of our own independent business.