Category Archives: Doulas
What’s on the Agenda?
When interviewing potential doulas (or midwives, OBs, or anyone involved in your birth) I think it’s important to find out what their agenda is for your birth. As a doula when I meet with parents we discuss their birth history … Continue reading
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Mothering the New Mother
“While we call a woman a mother as soon as she has a child, it will be some time before she herself begins to feel like a mother…” – Andrea Boroff Eagan Another great quote from Mothering the New Mother: … Continue reading
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POSTPARTUM Doula & Happiest Baby Services!
While the idea of certifying as a postpartum doula was in the back of my mind, it was just this weekend that I decided to look further into the program. After much discussion and talking with my program director and … Continue reading
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Why am I a Doula?
As I’ve entered the certification process to officially become a doula I have pondered a lot on what brought me to this decision. As my husband pointed out – if a doula is someone that supports women through pregnancy, birth, … Continue reading
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Planning for the Unexpected
“Planning” for the unexpected sounds like an oxymoron, but it is a necessary undertaking for all pregnant women: whether you intend to have natural childbirth, an epidural, a home birth, or a scheduled cesarean. “… studies from around the world … Continue reading
The Benefits of Touch
“Benefits of touch include increased levels of the hormone oxytocin, which speeds labor and promotoes a sense of well-being. (Synthetic Pitocin does not produce the effect of well-being because it is delivered through the bloodstream by IV, rather than being … Continue reading
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Doulas & Support Partners
“A 2007 analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health found that fathers who were more involved throughout pregnancy, including participating in prenatal care, childbirth classes, and being present at the birth, were more likely to participate in child-rearing and … Continue reading
The Doula Difference
“When the results of these six studies were calculated together, the presence of a doula reduces the overall cesarean rate by 50 percent, length of labor by 25 percent, oxytocin use by 40 percent, pain medication by 30 percent, the … Continue reading
But What Does a Doula DO?
The most commonly asked question (following after “A Do-WHAT?”) is what does a doula do? Recognizing that I am still at the very, very start of this journey to becoming a doula, this is my current view of what a … Continue reading
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Why We Hired a Doula for our (Fifth) Birth!
(I wrote this up to explain to friends why we had hired a doula for our fifth birth. We hired the same doula for our sixth birth, of course!) Why did I need a doula? In order to be able … Continue reading
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