Doula Journal Workbook ~Creative Expression I had the privilege of taking these photographs during amazing and powerful births that I supported. I learn something new with each of these births and any new births I attend. Just by observing, I see a lot of mothers with their eyes closed. I sense a strong connection between the mothers …
Becoming a Doula I want women to believe in themselves. Yes! I want all women to become more connected to their bodies. I believe this job offers me and my clients an incredibly important investment in their wellbeing, and the well-being of all female generations to come. Having a doula and having a natural birth …
Value of a Birth Doula and Purpose of Labor Support How is labor support (having a birth doula) valuable? Labor support is valuable to a new mother because there is someone with the woman, during the process, who assures that she is empowered, self-expressed and supported. Having a “birth assistant” makes the whole process better. …
“She’s coming, she’s coming, she’s coming!” exclaimed the birthing mother. “Your body and your baby clearly know exactly what they are doing. We are here with you,” I responded as her doula. My name is Jules. I live down here in Christchurch, New Zealand and have recently attended my first two births as a Doula in training with …
These are unprecedented times. Have you heard? Of course you have. And you have probably said that same thing yourself. We are throwing this phrase about so much with the COVID-19 pandemic that it is becoming alarmingly normal to be living in unprecedented times. Everyone has been impacted by the adjustments that have been made …
At the peak of childbirth, a woman in labor not only has the capacity to heal herself, but to heal the whole of humanity – her own liberation contributing to the liberation of humanity through the web of global consciousness to which we all belong. BirthWorks philosophy: Birth is instinctive, Birth is sacred, Birth is …
Our Birth Doula training is very comprehensive and includes not only Optimal Pelvic Positioning and “The Four Principles,” but also ways in which to enhance character development. One of the ways we do this is by having our students complete the BirthWorks Doula Journal Workbook in which one of the exercises is to write responses …
This is Part Two of BWI President Cathy Daub’s report on the Mid-Pacific Womb Ecology Conference, held in Honolulu, HI in October of 2012. From a lecture by Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg MD, PhD Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg began her lecture by describing oxytocin as a highly charged protein that does not pass membranes easily. Thus, it cannot be …
Value of a Doula When people ask me what I do, I always respond by saying, “I’m a doula and a childbirth educator.” And then I wait. I wait for the look of uncertainty to fill the face of the person who asked me the question, or for them to say, “What’s a doula?” The …
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