What U.S. Birth Professionals Need to Understand About ICWA The Indian Child Welfare Act – why is that relevant to my practice?The laws concerning children’s rights changed earlier this year. Although standards vary among the 544 tribal nations [...]
Birthrape And The Doula “At many births, while I have my hand on a woman’s arm reminding her to breathe, someone has their hand in her vagina digging around, her eyes are wide, she’s trying to get away, [...]
Busting The Myth of Privacy in Hospital Birth One of the craziest misconceptions that first time parents have is that laboring in the hospital will be private. Where did they ever get that idea? You’re in a room [...]
When A Past Client Dies In my 30 years of doulaing, I have faced the death of a past client a half dozen times. Doulaing is intimate work and caring for mothers and partners creates a unique bond between [...]
The BFF You Need To Meet: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapists You’ve never heard of a pelvic floor physical therapist? You are not alone. Obstetricians and gynecologists are often unaware of the help PFPTs can offer their patients. As [...]
Labor Support – You Mean That’s A Profession? In my twenty-five years of offering labor support professionally, there is one persistent challenge that our profession still faces: that of legitimacy. While people may be more knowledgeable about what [...]
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