The Doula Guide

Below is a checklist I created to help mothers with common breastfeeding challenges.  These guidelines will be helpful for most mothers and ...

For twenty years, MAIA Midwifery & Fertility Services has been at the forefront of serving the LGBTQ community and cultivating expertis...

I am thrilled to be able to say "Happy 30th Anniversary" to toLabor, the oldest national doula training program.  In 1983, Rahima...

Twenty percent of expectant mothers in the U.S. are prescribed bed rest at some point in their pregnancies.   Rachel Zimmerman , co-author o...

Doulas have written groundbreaking books in recent decades, from The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin, to Debra Pascali-Bonaro's Orgasmic ...

One of my favorite colleagues, doula backup partners and friends, Maria Dolorico , M.Ed., is launching an exciting new mentoring group for d...

What do pregnant women really need to do to prepare for childbirth?  Award-winning investigative journalist  Jennifer Margulis , Ph.D. refle...

I am excited to introduce you to Shauna Brandes , a new doula with an old soul.  Here she shares a simple story of courage that inspired me,...

I am pleased to announce an online event beginning this weekend called "Fertility Secrets," created by Mary Goyer , MS, Holistic F...

by Ananda Lowe The future of the doula movement -- that is, a sustainable doula movement -- will be one in which doulas work in pairs, rat...

For parents who are GLBT (gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender), as well as their doulas, health care providers and allies -- which hopefully in...

More people are hearing about the benefits of skin-to-skin contact between babies and parents.  As a Certified Lactation Counselor, one of m...

By Selena Keegan (NaturalNews) Top baby formula brands sold in stores contain alarmingly high levels of corn syrup and sugar. In light of ...

Most of us will never have to worry about being incarcerated during our pregnancies.  Nonetheless, the voices of birthing mothers in prison ...

A topic I would love to see discussed widely is the role of fitness in pregnancy--and its documented effects on childbirth.  These include s...

The loss of a mother affects a woman whether she chooses to have children of her own, chooses not to, or finds herself becoming a mother aft...

Several exciting, free online seminars are coming up in April 2013!  You can participate from any location in the world where you have acces...

by Ananda Lowe I have never worked 9 to 5, Monday through Friday.   Financially, being self-employed is nerve-racking, yet those of us ...

I admire Sarah and Jean-Philippe Vine for their honesty in speaking about their experience with Sarah's postpartum depression.  Sarah is...

Latina mothers have a rich childbearing heritage to draw upon.   Maria Apreza is a doula and Spanish medical interpreter serving the Seattl...