Southern Doula Services is a full-service doula agency supporting families through pregnancy, birth and the transition into parenthood. This doula agency represents a labor of love, and a venture that melds the founder and owner - Laura Pasyano’s heart to serve with her background in education. “It fills me with such a sense of purpose and passion” Laura says.

 

This agency was born out of a deep-seated desire to make a positive impact on the lives of others. “The seed was first planted when I became a mother, explains Laura.  “The support network that I had made the transition manageable, but even that was not enough to combat the postpartum anxiety that I developed,” she remembers. Amazingly, eighty-five percent of new moms experience some form of postpartum depression and twenty-one percent are formally diagnosed with a mood or anxiety disorder.  The reason for this is simple: Having and caring for a newborn is challenging, demanding work and parents are often left to deal with it in isolation. As a mother of four adult children, Laura understands the joys and challenges of parenthood firsthand.

 

The essence of her doula work is to provide hands-on, emotional, and informational support to the families she serves. “My curated team is truly committed to each family’s unique needs. Our approach is to wrap the entire family in the support they need to make the experience one of joy and confidence,” Laura says. Their shared mission is to go above and beyond to ensure every family feels supported, informed, and empowered in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.