World Doula Week begins with World Doula Day on March 22nd and goes through to March 28th annually. World Doula Week is … [Read more...]

It is with great sadness that we have to announce that the Paramana Doula Course will no longer be a Doula UK Approved Initial Preparation Course. … [Read more...]

Tickets are now available for the 2014 Doula UK Conference 'Life after childbirth: Supporting the transition to parenthood'. BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW! The conference will be held on Wednesday 7 May 2014, at etc Venues Paddington, 57 North Wharf Rd, London W2 1LA. For more information, see here. … [Read more...]

PRESS RELEASE Thursday 12 December 2013 "Maternity care has improved, but more progress needed … [Read more...]

PRESS RELEASE Thursday 12 December 2013 Doula UK calls for more investment in NHS Maternity Services in England RCM releases its 3rd State of Maternity Services Report, with 128K more babies being born than services are appropriate for RCM releases its 3rd State of Maternity Services Report, … [Read more...]

The 2014 Doula UK Conference 'Life after childbirth: Supporting the transition to parenthood' will be held on Wednesday 7 May 2014. The conference is being held at etc Venues Paddington, 57 North Wharf Rd, London W2 1LA. Further details of timings, speakers and exhibitors will be released as soon as … [Read more...]

VISUALISING DOULA UK PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION ENTER NOW! As part of the rebranding of Doula UK, we are running a competition to find the best photos to help visualise what Doula UK are about. The winning images will be used on posters and materials used across the UK and the winning photographers … [Read more...]

Doula UK says that new campaign for Dignity in Childbirth for all UK women is urgently needed, as research shows that less than half of women have the birth that they want. As they launch their campaign for Dignity in Childbirth for all UK women, new research from … [Read more...]

Doula UK welcomes research suggesting that the preferred model of maternity care could save money. One-to-one midwifery care, where a women sees the same midwife throughout her pregnancy and then at her birth, is as safe as shared maternity care and significantly cheaper, according to an Australian … [Read more...]

John Kennell, one of the pioneers of the worldwide doula movement, died recently. John Kennell and his partner Marshall Klaus, with whom he collaborated for over 35 years, helped us to understand the physiological and behavioural processes of both mother and baby around the time of birth. … [Read more...]