What is your name? Kelly Harper What is your doula business name? Elemental Beginnings Where are you located? Adelaide, South Australia When did you finish your doula certification? I completed training with New Beginnings in 2018 but have been working … Read More
This video discusses cervical checks in the context of preventing gbs infections, but I think we need to look much broader than that. There are not a whole lot of reasons to check women so often before or during labor. … Read More
I am not an authority on anything legal nor am I an expert when comes to government regulations and the political process. I am learning. If you are a doula or any form of birth worker, my recommendation is that … Read More
New York State Senate quietly passed a bill on June 18, 2019 that assigns the state as the certifying organization for all doulas within the state. You can read the bill in its entirety here. (Do bear in mind that … Read More
The State of New York is the final stages of passing legislation that would regulate the certification of doulas at the state level. We’ve discuss this in a live Facebook video chat this morning.
(Originally Published December 22, 2011) In one post I did, I mentioned the importance of validation during labor and birth. I then asked that you think about ways that you can validate women during labor. As I thought about this, … Read More
Looking for a way to help women prevent tears and be more comfortable during the pushing stage of labor? You can get the best of both worlds by using warm compresses. A recent study found that the risk of 3rd and … Read More
(Editor’s note: first published on December 17, 2011) I think the biggest thing I learned was the contrast between the other birth stories and the OBGYN site. Doctors use different thinking than the mothers do. Some critical thought goes into … Read More
Without getting overly sentimental, I wanted to take a moment to say goodbye to our first trainer here at New Beginnings Doula Training. While Rachel and I have been with the company from the beginning, it was Shannon Tuke who … Read More
Community is a key value for New Beginnings, so we would like to see more doulas in the community they serve. One of the great advantages of the New Beginnings approach to doula training is the required assignments that send … Read More
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