Author: Rachel Leavitt

 A doula provides non-medical, holistic care to the childbearing family. Prenatally, she provides information to help a family plan what they would like for their birth. During birth, she provides continuous labor support and helps the laboring family work smoothly … Read More

If your looking for a way to help your client make childbirth choices, childbirth connection has come out with a great handout of 10 ways to get good maternity care.  Feel free to download and share with your clients.  This … Read More

While doulas are not a medical professional, and we are not expected to provide medical care, it helps to have a basic knowledge of various medical diagnosis.  So I will be providing more training on some of these that are … Read More

While these pages are mostly devoted to doula information, I found this on Katy Bowman’s site and thought it was a great way to end the year.  And doula’s do after all, affect the health of a woman both emotionally … Read More

I have been blogging about birth for a long time now and through various stages of my professional development.  I have loved it and have loved having a space to connect with others online as well as share my own … Read More