https://parenting.nytimes.com/pregnancy/domino-kirke-doula Doula Domino Kirke on why your birth providers are so important, and how to choose them wisely. (Blog posted in its entirety from NYT Parenting.) As far as I was concerned my midwife was going to have my baby for me. She was God’s gift to birthing. She had so much confidence, and trusted …
YOU CAN NOW DOULA YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
https://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/what-is-a-doula/ For a growing contingent of moms-to-be, doulas have become just as essential to the childbirth experience as taking omega-3s and getting down with hip-opening yoga squats. There’s a good reason for that—studies have shown that by enlisting the help of these trained pregnancy pros, mothers are more likely to deliver healthy-weight babies and successfully breastfeed, while being half …
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What Does a Doula Do?
http://www.birthzang.co.uk/2016/09/doula/ (click link to read the entire interview on birthzang.co.uk) I got asked today whether I support women who already have a birth partner, usually their life partner, and yes I do. I think being a doula supporting almost 100 births, I must have done maybe five where there wasn’t also a birth partner present. …
