Posts Tagged ‘birth doula’
Why I Doula…
To celebrate World Doula Week we reached out to a few of our UDA members to learn why they “doula.” Here’s what they had to say:
Read MoreWorld Doula Week
By Dezarae Weyburn The term “doula” is a relatively new one. Although the Greeks used the term “doula” to mean a female slave, or handmaid, it wasn’t until 1969 that the term was first applied to birth work. In the half-century that followed, doulas went from completely unknown to a household name. With the formation…
Read MoreBetter Together: A Message From the New UDA Board President and Vice President
Hi everyone! I’m Karina and I’m excited to serve as the UDA President this year alongside the brilliant Bonnie Baker! Our theme for this year is “Better Together”. We want to create unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation. We believe we are better together than we are separate and that many hands make light…
Read MoreThe UDA’s New Program to Fulfill Its Mission
By: Angie Rosier, UDA President As the doula profession grows and more doulas are trained, the public becomes increasingly aware of what doulas are and what they do. The position of a doula is now often recognized as an important and integral part of a birth team. Through the professional services offered by many outstanding…
Read MoreMother’s Day: A Beautiful Celebration of Women and Birth
By Angie Rosier May holds Mother’s Day. It could be called Women’s Day as we celebrate the power of all women. Doulas are lucky people among women. They have the unique opportunity of glancing into the soul of a woman. A woman’s soul, which contains her whole heart and her entire power, is a rare…
Read More4 Reasons a Surrogate Needs a Birth Doula
Surrogacy is a beautiful gift to families that have struggled to have a child. There are so many aspects about surrogacy that are planned and thought out from the beginning. One of them can and should be is if the surrogate should have a doula for the birth. As a doula myself, I see the…
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