This year, World Doula Week begins in a landscape unlike any other since I attended my first doula birth in January 1987. While doula work has often been misunderstood—and at times, even undervalued—this is the first time its very essence [...]
One of the most important issues of our lifetime is the health difference that White, Black, and Brown women and babies have. This is true in almost any part of the world where White peoples colonized indigenous peoples...
I'm excited to release the DTD Toolkit for Gaining Entry to Hospitals. It's been in the works for a few months, after two hospitals in my area began accepting my training certificates as legitimate credentials for entry as a birth doula...
The Ironic Tragedy Of “One Visitor Plus Doula” Hospital Labor And Delivery Policies When I first heard about hospitals making exceptions for doulas and not considering them as a “visitor”, I was thrilled. It meant we were being [...]
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 [...]
When the Doula Screws Up One of the things I’ve learned about Whiteness and white culture is our emphasis on doing things. Activity and accomplishment are highly valued in white culture. People may judge themselves harshly on days when they [...]
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, [...]
Open Your Doors, Childbirth Educators! Why Not Teach Anyone Who Wants To Know About Birth? As a researcher, I’ve paid attention to two curious trends. One, people are taking less childbirth education courses while pregnant. Two, more people [...]
When the Doula Screws Up Recent press has spotlighted the tragedy of more Black women and babies dying than Whites in the United States. It has amplified the voices of Black women and allowed more people to hear their [...]
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 [...]
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