post #1 of 1 Thread Starter   I'm actually asking this for a
friend of mine who is 5 months pregnant with her first.  She's
intereted in having a natural birth but seems pretty overwhelmed
by it all and would love some extra support both before and
after her birth.  So I recommended getting a doula and since
she'd never even heard of one I thought I'd ask here.  She's
Brazilian so I'm not looking for someone who needs to speak
English just someone knowledgeable.  Oh, and this is for the
Bangu/Campo Grande area.    She also was really interested in
birthin classes both something similiar to lamaze (doesn't have
to necessarilz be lamaze) and something that discusses nursing
afterwards and how to do basic things with a newborn (bathing,
diaper changes etc).  I'm not sure her price range but probably
something that isn't too expensive would be better. ;) Also, I
was going to recommend LLL, do they have a branch locally there?