Doula Practice
Doulas! For the love of birth, please stop speaking for your clients
I’m just home from the AWHONN Michigan conference on Mackinac Island, where I was invited to speak about ways labor and delivery nurses can improve birth. As part of my main talk, I addressed nurse-doula relationships, as I usually do when I have the honor of working with nurses. I asked them if they ever…
Read MoreA doula trainer’s love-hate (seriously-mixed-feelings) relationship with contraction timers
I’ve been a doula long enough to remember contraction timing sheets. They had a thin left-side column to record the time that each contraction happened, another thin column to note how long it lasted, and a longer column to the right to make any notes about that particular contraction. We’d jot down a few contractions…
Read More7 reasons doulas should train as childbirth educators
You’re an amazing doula. It’s so incredible to help families through the birth experience, but you know that’s only part of the puzzle. Have you ever felt frustrated at a prenatal visit because there’s just so much that your clients don’t know? Do you find yourself spending too much time at those visits educating your…
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