How the U.S. Women’s Movements Influence The Lack of Doula Research, Part IV of IV The last major influence on why there isn’t pressure for more birth doula support research is that it doesn’t fit neatly into a [...]
Why Don’t We Have The Doula Research We Need? Part I of IV The Cochrane Collaboration updated their doula research review this year. They added four, only FOUR new studies – and none of them advanced our research [...]
Who Are You And Why Should I Listen To What You Have To Say? Demands for transparency in science and accountability for potential bias in researchers are relevant to doulas because so much of what we do is [...]
It’s Your Turn to Make Doula History Lately I’ve thought a lot about what’s left after someone is gone – and who tells their story. It has made me really think about who is going to write the story of [...]
Career Minded Participants in Birth Doula Trainings Its natural to assume everyone in your birth doula training was there to become a doula. Not so! Only about half the people are there because they want to do labor [...]
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 [...]
Doulas Are Paraprofessionals Encouraging professional behavior by doulas is one of the purposes of this blog, but it needs to be clear that the doula occupation is a paraprofession, not a profession. Community based, hospital employed, and independent practice [...]
A World Where We Didn’t Need Doulas Maybe it comes from being weaned on Star Trek reruns but I’ve often contemplated alternate universes. The kind where if a different decision had been made the whole future course of humanity would [...]
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