Q In your last Ask A Doula column, you mentioned that a birth stool would need to be easy to clean. This reminded me about a question I’ve had for a long time: I want my doula practice to be high touch and high intimacy, and wearing gloves just feels like it totally goes against …
I’ve been reading up about birth stools and upright birth, and I would really like for this to be an option for my clients. Should I buy one and bring it to my births? How can I help the OBs to become more comfortable with them? This can be really tricky, and a birth stool …
Today’s question is a fairly common one with a million variations. Got two variations just this week! My client really, really wants to have a home birth, but her husband is against it. I want to help her get her dream birth, and that’s a big part of why she hired me. How can I …
I’m a new pp doula and I’m working with my first client. In my third day with this client, she asked me to bag up 50 treat bag samples for her fitness distributorship that she can hand out to people at a church party later this month. I did it but was really uncomfortable because …
I’m a brand new doula just starting out and my client just asked me about what the policies are at her hospital. I panicked! I’ve only done two births, and none at her hospital yet. How can I find out what are the policies, procedures and protocols at my area hospitals? This can really be …
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