How to Support Birth Choices: A Student Explains Different Modes of Decision Making Bias: A personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment. Worldview: The definition of a worldview is an overall way of looking at the world. Most people will agree that … Read More
Marketing does not need to be a dog eats dog world, and it doesn’t have to be all about price wars. In this video, we discuss how you can find what makes you unique and use that to sell … Read More
Is it safe to eat and drink in labor? Current research says yes, it is! Nourishing mothers during labor is very important. However, the medical model of care and the midwifery model of care differ greatly in their practices on … Read More
In this post we are featuring an assignment from one of our most-recently certified doulas, Holly from Louisiana. This particular assignment (assignment 1.1 from unit 1 in the main course) addresses the difference between the two predominant models of care … Read More
What is Nurse’s Week and the Nightingale Moment REALLY about? Editorial, by Rebecca Cohen, RN, EdD, HN-BC; Editor On May 12 of each year, at precisely noon your local time, every nurse around the world is asked to pause, … Read More
Mindfulness and the Birth Process by Jalisa Bonville-Griffin, New Beginnings student Before having to research mindful birthing, I was also studying how I can use it in my practice as an aspiring social worker, as well as in my personal … Read More
Even though epidurals are a very effective way to control pain during labor (though that does not mean they relieve suffering or anxiety), nearly 16% of epidurals are not effective. Sometimes women cannot even get them before their baby is … Read More
Birth Art: A Useful Doula Skill Birth art may not be the first skill you think of to help women in childbirth, but art can offer your client many benefits. It allows women to explore fears, integrate the birth experience, … Read More
There are many ways that we can do the work of a doula. One of them is to work with women who are going through infertility and trying to get pregnant. In this webinar, Corrine describes her journey through infertility … Read More
A VBAC (vaginal birth after cesaran) I attended a number of years ago ended up in c-section. While there are so many what-ifs in these kinds of scenarios, it is not my place to tell the mother what she should … Read More
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