This week let’s chat a little bit about how birth partners can enhance the birth team. First off, let’s just get the obvious out there: sometimes, no matter how much partners want to help, they just aren’t sure how to. Maybe they can’t figure out where to put their hands for counter-pressure. Maybe they ate…

So you have decided you want to become a doula. First off, CONGRATULATIONS!! Sure, I might have a little bias but I am here to tell you there is no greater way to spend your time than helping a family bring a baby into the world. It brings you immense joy, satisfaction, heartache, exhaustion, tears,…

  As doulas, it is important for us to continually learn and expand our knowledge base, so that we can provide the best, most well-informed care to our clients. One area where many doulas would like to get more training is the area of LGBTQ+ cultural competency. Below are several useful online trainings and websites…

Are you expecting a baby and have older children that you’ve considered including in the birth experience?  Being comfortable around a laboring woman and normalizing the experience of birth can be an incredible gift to give to your kids.   Adults who attended the births of their siblings when they were younger have reported fewer feelings…

Guest blog post by Destiny Olsen. As a world traveler, birth and postpartum doula, and woman who has lived in various countries, I was ecstatic for the chance to review the book, Birth in Four Cultures written by Brigitte Jordan, an anthropologist, then later expanded and revised by Robbie Davis-Floyd. This piece is a cross-cultural…