Sentences with phrase «doula work came»
Her calling to doula work came after the premature birth of her daughter, when she left a career in biochemistry to pursue birth work.
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Most doulas seem to come to this work after an epiphany during childbirth.
Choosing doula certification should help «lift the load» when it comes to doula work - because sometimes it's not what you know, but who you know.
When I worked as a doula I came complete with a bag full of flameless candles, a CD player, «birth» music CDs, aromatherapy, massagers and all other sorts of mood enhancing items.
As postpartum work has stolen this Midwestern girl's heart, Frederica comes to our team (from Iowa originally) as an experienced birth and postpartum doula trained with DONA and CAPPA.
around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my doula arrived from another birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWER!
After working as a childbirth educator and attending a couple hundred births (as a doula — labor assistant) in birth centers, homes and hospitals, I've come to believe that the overwhelming majority of women intuitively gravitate to which location, type of support and «methodology» is best for themselves and their unborn babies to achieve a safe passage through the giving birth / delivering experience.
Doula Group: Aspiring and experienced birth professionals come together to discuss the business and the spirit of birth work.
Come learn from a doula and IBCLC who not only has a passion for families welcoming multiples, but who also teach classes to expectant parents of multiples and has worked with over 600 sets of multiples in the past 15 years.
Marie tells us about her journey to becoming a doula: «Through my own mothering experience and helping friends and family through their postpartum time, I came to realize how natural this work was to me.
If it's something more complex than our Lactation Support and Educator Doulas can help solve, we work closely with a local IBCLC Lactation Consultant who will also come to your home to provide care.
Doulas do not take over or come between the mother and her birth partner or doctor and should work with other birth attendants.
Debra's passion comes from her over 30 years of working with women, men, midwives, doulas and physicians in over 40 countries bringing comfort, love and pleasure to birth and life!