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It Takes a Village: Kim’s Story of Becoming a Doula
UncategorizedDoula TrainingPersonal StoryIt Takes a Village: Kim’s story of Becoming a Doula I am grateful to have had two positive birth experiences of my own in the early 200...
Delayed Cord Clamping
Birth Community NewsBirth Worker TruthsUncategorizedDelayed Cord Clamping (DCC): is it right for me and my baby? When planning for your birth, it can seem as though there are an infinite am...
Transform doula burnout
Birth DoulasJust 3 years ago I was miserable. I was suffering from anxiety, insomnia and serious fatigue. All symptoms resulting from the work that I...
Birthworker tips: contract & COVID clause
Birth DoulasPostpartum DoulasBirthworker TIP: Developing your contract D eveloping your contract can be challenging! Your contract of services offered is not just a p...
Why I trained to become a doula
Birth DoulasBirth Worker TruthsWhy I trained to become a doula Watch Zuri Davidson share her journey to becoming a doula with Birth Day Presence and boober founder Jada...
The top 5 reasons to become a postpartum doula
Postpartum DoulasThere are many reasons to become a postpartum doula, whether or not you are already working in the birth world. If you are a birth...
Packing your doula bag
Birth DoulasHow you choose to show up in your role as a doula is completely up to you, which makes the support we provide as birth workers...
Comforting Touch for Self-Care: 3 Tips for Doulas and other Birth Pros
Birth DoulasLactation counselors are critical people in the mission to nurture, support and protect families on their infant feeding journeys....
Why become a Certified Lactation Counselor and what is the CLSC (Certified Lactation Support Counselor) certification?
Lactation ProfessionalsPostpartum DoulasLactation counselors are critical people in the mission to nurture, support and protect families on their infant feeding journeys....
Closing the gap
Birth Community NewsWith birthing centers closing and many midwives being denied access to malpractice insurance, fewer options are available for...
Another birth center plans to close in NYC and expectant parents might lose one of the last few options for low-intervention care during childbirth
Birth Community NewsThis past weekend, my social media blew up with a notice from a midwife that NYC’s Mt. Sinai West Birthing Center is slated to close at...
6 reasons why you should take a Doula Training!
Birth DoulasDoula trainings are becoming increasingly popular and not all of the women taking them plan to become doulas. Doulas as modern...
My calling to birth work came to me after a very dark time…
Birth Worker TruthsHello! My name is Catalina and I have just completed my first DONA Doula Training Workshop in NYC with Debra Pascali-Bonaro and am on...