When the Doula Screws Up
Doulas are in a service business. Our success depends largely on how we manage our relationships with others. Many of us have excellent communication skills when things are going well...
Five Reasons White Doulas Need To Act In Ending Racial Inequities
Five Reasons White Doulas Need To Act In Ending Racial Inequities For much of my life I felt there was a Big Mystery about race, something I didn’t understand. It seemed out of my grasp. So I went [...]
COVID19 Podcast for Doulas!
COVID19 Podcast for Doulas! Listen to our podcast with all doulas need to know about COVID19, getting into the hospital and the implications for our profession and our clients! Dr. Amy Gilliland has listened to the CDC broadcasts, [...]
Advocacy Resources for Birth, Postpartum, and Palliative Care Doulas on COVID-19
Advocacy Resources for Birth, Postpartum, and Palliative Care Doulas on COVID-19 As doulas worldwide prepare for the arrival of coronavirus in their region, many of us are concerned about the ability to support our clients during their birth, [...]
When the Doula’s Client Receives A Diagnosis
When the Doula’s Client Receives A Diagnosis A diagnosis is the identification of a medical condition that affects the future of the person receiving it. It may be minor or life altering, temporary or permanent. Sometimes this comes [...]
Hospital Agreements: An Opportunity For Engagement [Part II]
Hospital Agreements: An Opportunity For Engagement [Part II] If a doula agreement is being waved in front of you, congratulations! It means that your doula community has gotten too large to ignore and is having enough of an impact [...]
Birthrape And The Doula
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
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 [...]
Want To Change Birth Tomorrow?
Want To Change Birth Tomorrow? Talk to the teens in your life today. From what I can see, the decision about where to give birth and how to cope with labor is made long before conception. Unlike previous generations, [...]
Not Any Woman Can
Not Any Woman Can One of my most hated myths about doula care is the idea that any woman can be a doula. Just put a person born with a uterus in a labor room and she’ll be [...]
