Look back on your appointments with your obstetrician. What were they like? Did you spend lots of time with him/her? Were your appointments satisfying? Did you get your questions answered? Did your obstetrician go back to your home, hold your hand, get you through...
Doulas are betwixt and between … not midwives and not family. As a doula, you know how easy it is to take the role of birth-coach in labor when the father-to-be, friend or relative should really be doing that. Doulas can become part of a new childbirth movement...
Doula … The New Midwife? We have more professionals involved with us during pregnancy and childbirth than in any other part of our lives. … Obstetrician, GP, Nurse Midwife (CNM) and Obstetrical Nurse, Direct Entry Midwife, Lay Midwife, Childbirth Educator...