Category: Doulas

Information on doulas in Vancouver. How to choose a Vancouver doula, why doulas are an important part of your birth team, and research on the effectiveness of doula support in birth outcomes and experiences.

Not Just For Birth: Doulas For Miscarriage, Abortion, and Reproductive Health

While doulas have been growing in popularity for their work related to childbirth and the early postpartum period, their value in all areas of reproductive health is just beginning to percolate in the public eye. Traditionally, the people who attended the births in their communities provided support during ALL areas of reproductive health. Preconception, fertility, preventing pregnancy, miscarriage and loss,… Read more →

What Does A Doula REALLY Do?

If you’ve been researching doulas and what they can offer during childbirth, you’ve probably read something like the following on a thousand websites: “Doulas offer resources and education during prenatal and postpartum visits,  provide emotional and physical support as comfort measures during birth,and advocate for your birth choices” But what does a doula do during the actual birth process? What… Read more →

Why It Matters If Your Care Provider “Likes” Doulas – even if you don’t plan to hire one!

Like the photo? Contact me for information having myself and a birth photographer join you at your birth I get referrals from doctors and midwives often enough to know that most of them really see the value of hiring a doula for your birth. My own doctor was thrilled a few years ago when I told her I was becoming… Read more →

3 Ways Birth Is Like Moving

I joked several weeks ago that I was considering rebranding my doula and prenatal class business, Birth Takes a Village, to Moving Takes a Village.  This was because over the last few months I have helped move three separate friends into three separate apartments. This month, I’ve been moving myself. This is getting ridiculous! I wish there was such thing as a… Read more →