In late 2009 I started to look for a doula to support my husband and I through the pregnancy and birth of our first baby. Though I managed to give birth on the one day she wasn’t available, her presence before and after had made such a positive impact on our start to parenting that I decided to … [Read more...]
Doula UK’s Infant Feeding Guidance Paper updated
Thank you to the Doula UK Infant Feeding Committee who have reviewed and updated our guidance paper. … [Read more...]
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RCOG Each Baby Counts calls for national centre of excellence for maternity care
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has today released its latest Each Baby Counts progress report. Each Baby Counts is a clinical quality improvement programme that aims to halve the number of stillbirths and babies who die or are left severely disabled due to incidents … [Read more...]
MBRRACE “Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care” highlights shocking inequalities
The fifth annual MBRRACE-UK report: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care was published this month. While the number of women dying as a consequence of complications during or after pregnancy remains low in the UK (fewer than 10 of every 100,000 pregnant women die in pregnancy or around … [Read more...]
Paula Cleary on how to provide excellent doula support without burning out
We dance on a stage that is painted many shades of grey. We offer a service that is as old as the hills, yet remains by its very nature a mystery. How can it be anything but? Most women having a straightforward pregnancy have a guess-date and birth might take half an hour or many days – as doulas we … [Read more...]
National No Bra Day
October 13th is a day where women all over the nation are encouraged to not wear a bra in order to promote awareness of breast cancer. On social media the tag #nobraday is used to highlight the importance of regular breast self-examination, screening tests and also to encourage gender … [Read more...]
Maternal Mental Health Conference & World Mental Health Day
Doula UK is part of the The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA), a coalition of UK organisations with a shared vision to see all women across the UK get consistent, accessible and quality care and support for their mental health during pregnancy and in the year after giving birth. Leila Baker, … [Read more...]
Babywearing: Science and Ancient Wisdom Unite
Science and natural parenting haven’t always made comfortable bed-fellows. In fact, during the 20th century “science” based opinion directed mothers toward formula and away from breastmilk, toward hospital birth and away from home birth, and toward “self-soothing” over responsive parenting. This … [Read more...]
Birth of a New Brain – Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder
Dyane Harwood has a B.A. in English and American Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz. As a freelance writer she has interviewed acclaimed authors including Kay Redfield Jamison, SARK, and Anthony Bourdain. Dyane’s memoir Birth of a New Brain – Healing from Postpartum Bipolar … [Read more...]
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