Birth Education Center Blog
Becoming A Birth Photographer
**Trigger Warning** This is an episode for doulas and covers parts of our job that involves loss and birth trauma. If you are a pregnant parent and are not in the headspace for that, please take care of yourself and skip this episode. We will…
How To Be A Birth Advocate
Todays show is all about advocacy in the birth room. While this episode is the third in our World Doula Week shows, I also don’t want to limit it just to doulas because parents will be using these skills in prenatal appointments and pediatric appointments…
New Doula Mentoring Call, Georgia
We are back with our second World Doula Week Bonus show! This week Georgia joined me for a mentoring call and we had jokes! Georgia took her training four years ago, attended one birth and then took a hiatus. Time got away from her and…
New Doula Mentoring Call, Jeanne Marie
It’s March! And that means World Doula Week is almost here! This is the first of several Bonus episodes just for doulas that we are releasing this month. In today’s show we have our first mentoring call. I welcome Jeanne-Marie Paynel – a doula transitioning…
Do I Really Need A Doula? Part 2
Welcome back to Part 2 with our discussion on why you need a doula! Ashley and I have been interviewed hundreds of times over the years. With those experiences, we learned what we are comfortable providing as far as services and what parents are really…
Do I Really Need A Doula? Part 1
Today’s show is about why you should add a doula to your birth team and how doing so can cut your risk of cesarean by almost 40%! There is a lot of hesitation sometimes when the idea of a birth doula comes up. While some…
How to Become a Doula: Balancing Your Passion and Self Care
So, if you’re curious about the realities of being a doula and want some idea of what your life will look like, this podcast episode is a must-listen! Ashley and I talk frankly about the on-call life and keeping your family the first priority. Work…
How to Build a Successful Doula Business: Tips and Strategies for New Doulas
There was one lesson in particular that was burned into my soul during my birth. And that was, I was more powerful than anyone had ever told me. I did the impossible(at least for me). I pushed a baby out of my body, med free,…
Doula Education Series – Doula 105
Doula Education Series – Part 5/5 Doula 105 – Postpartum Postpartum is the ball that gets dropped in the cycle of conception, pregnancy, labor and birth. It is the longest part of the cycle yet it is neglected the most and needs the most preparation…
Doula Education Series – Doula 104
Doula Education Series – Part 4/5 Doula 104 – Comfort Measures & Self Care Your first doula training should have taught you the physical skills to be a doula to be able offer physical comfort measures. Of course, you will learn and gather more tools…