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
Occasionally I will be offering childbirth classes and posting the information here. Feel free to pass on the information to others. I’m starting up a series of childbirth classes starting Jan 21 or Jan 28 (depending on the response) from … Read More
Sometimes I sit back and reflect on the direction my life has taken, and it really amazes me. In high school, birth was far from my mind. It wasn’t until I had experienced the birth of my own children that … 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
Pain is an issue that doulas and labor support professionals need to learn to deal with. While the video below does not talk about labor pain, it does give pain another perspective and helps us understand that we much look … 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
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