Have you considered serving on the UDA Board? We have currently restructured how the board positions will be fulfilled. Each position will have a mentor that has served in that role the previous year, so that the new person can have one on one help knowing the ins and outs of their new role. So basically, each role has a lead position (the new member) and a mentoring position (the previous member).
Also, if you aren’t sure which position would be a great fit for you, you could serve on one of the committees. The committee memebers will help the lead position with different roles and assignments.

If you are interested please call or email a board member today!

2011 Utah Doula Association Fall Retreat

November 5, 2011

11:00am – 5:00pm, with an optional catered dinner to follow

Vitalize Community Studio, 2154 South Highland Drive (1100 East), Salt Lake City

Please join us for a day of relaxation, renewal and connection.  All women are invited so bring along your sisters, friends, mothers, adult daughters – anyone that you may like to enjoy this day with.

Please bring:

*a potluck lunch item to share

*your robozo(s), if you have one

*and …

if you would like to participate in the closet swap activity please bring up to 10 items of clothing, self-care items (new lotions, body scrubs, hair products), jewelry, belts, scarves, etc. Bring fantastic items you no longer need but want to give to a friend)! You could also bring birthing items.  The closet swap is a lot of fun.  Renew your soul and your closet!

To register, please pay below and fill out and submit the registration form.

REGISTRATION CLOSES NOVEMBER 3, 2011

We look forward to sharing this day with you.

$8 for UDA members

$15 for non-members

$15.50 to add an optional catered dinner

Payments may also be sent to the Utah Doula Association treasurer:

Jennifer Sorensen Whitaker
1129 East 700 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Registration form:

Ok ladies, we have a booth at the Farmer’s Market on October 8th from 7:30 am until 1:30 pm. We need volunteers to help man the booth. As of right now we do not have any volunteers. Aunkia has worked hard to put this together, and it would be great if our doula community could come help support this. This is a great opportunity to promote doulas in general, but also to promote YOU! If you are interested, please contact Aunika Steenblik Kidd, Aunika can be contacted at: publicrelations@utahdoulas.org or 801-560-7364

We are so excited about our Retreat this year. We have brought together women of many talents to help us remember that birth and being a doula is not just work, it is also play!
We have a great lineup for this years UDA Retreat, including a belly cast demo and massage. And, as we all know, nothing is better for the soul, and your emotional health as a good laugh. We will be reading the Vagina Monologues, and if you haven’t heard this before, it will leave you wanting
more.
Join your doula community in closet-swap: Bring up to 10 items of clothing, self-care items (new lotions, body scrubs, hair products), jewelry, belts, scarves, etc. Bring fantastic items you no longer need but want to give to a friend)! You could also bring birthing items.
Saturday, November 5 · 11:00am – 5:00pm at
Vitalize Community Studio 2154 Highland Drive Salt Lake City, UT
RSVP on Facebook, here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219388321456569
Look for our registration page soon

Hey fellow doulas, we have a booth at the Farmer’s Market on October 8th from 7:30 am until 1:30 pm. We need volunteers to help man the booth. This is a great opportunity to promote doulas in general, but also to promote YOU!

We are a great community of women, working for women. The farmer’s market is a great opportunity to connect with local moms and dads and share your passion for birth.

If you are interested, please contact Aunika Steenblik Kidd

McKay Dee Hospital is having their Great Expectations Open House on:
Saturday August 27th from 10am-2pm
Tuesday August 30th from 11am-2pm and from 5pm to 8pm

This is a great chance to learn all about McKay-Dee Hospital and how they are working to help women have a great birth experience.

Well, it is that wonderful time again. The warm summer breeze, the longer nights, and of course, the annual UDA family picnic. This year the picnic is on Thursday August 11th at 5:30. It will be at the Parleys Creek Pavilion at Sugarhouse Park. Any one attending, please bring a potluck item to share. The UDA will provide drinks and paper products.

This is a great time to reconnect with old friends, and come make a few new ones. This event is open to all UDA members and their family.

Every month, the Oxford English Dictionary adds new words. In June, doula (noun) was one of the new words added.

In case you are curious how they decide what to add:

The OED requires several independent examples of the word being used, and also evidence that the word has been in use for a reasonable amount of time. The exact time-span and number of examples may vary: for instance, one word may be included on the evidence of only a few examples, spread out over a long period of time, while another may gather momentum very quickly, resulting in a wide range of evidence in a shorter space of time. We also look for the word to reach a level of general currency where it is unselfconsciously used with the expectation of being understood: that is, we look for examples of uses of a word that are not immediately followed by an explanation of its meaning for the benefit of the reader. We have a large range of words under constant review, and as items are assessed for inclusion in the dictionary, words which have not yet accumulated enough evidence are kept on file, so that we can refer back to them if further evidence comes to light.

Just goes to show that the role of doulas is gaining popularity!