Q When did you start feeling like you knew what you were doing? I’m a newer birth and postpartum doula and have worked with three clients. They’ve all been happy with me and have given me good evaluations for my certification. One even wrote me a testimonial and said I could give her number out …
Q I’m gonna be an auntie! I’m excited because I get to be an auntie for the first time but also because my sister asked me to be her doula! I’m not charging her anything, of course, but I’m also worried I won’t do a good job because I care TOO much, you know? I …
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Q I really want to be a birth and postpartum doula! It’s really important to me to provide a complete service both before and after birth. My husband is really supportive of me and loves that I want to be a doula, but he says that because his job provides most of our family income, …
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Q So I got hired by a friend of a friend to be her birth doula and she’s already paid my whole fee! Yay! But today in my doula Facebook group someone said something about this doctor not “allowing doulas” so I called the doctor’s office and asked about it. The lady I talked to …
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Q I am both a birth doula and a postpartum doula. I’ve had 5 clients so far, and most of them I’ve done both jobs for. I’m feeling very frustrated because I want to help my clients avoid problems, but I seem to be completely unable to protect them from things going wrong! For example, …
