With one week to go until World Doula Week 2015, Doula UK have launched the #WeHadADoula social media campaign. The idea behind the campaign is that there is so much solid and overwhelming evidence showing the benefits that a doula can bring to a family during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal … [Read more...]
Delegate Place Giveaway to Celebrate International Women's Day and NHS Change Day
To mark International Women's Day on March 8th - the 2015 theme of which is 'Make It Happen' - and NHS Change Day on March 11th, Doula UK will be giving away 10 delegate places at 'Positive Birth. Supporting Families: The 2015 Doula UK Conference' to deserving recipients who are making things happen … [Read more...]
#wehadadoula
https://youtu.be/NrZhlTGJWUc There is so much solid and overwhelming evidence showing the benefits that a doula can bring to a family during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Study after study confirms that having doula support during the birth reduces the risks of many obstetric … [Read more...]
Doula UK comments on Building Great Britons Report
Report welcomed, but more emphasis on birth and infant feeding also needed The ‘Conception to Age 2: First 1001 Days All Party Parliamentary Group’ today published their report ‘Building Great Britons’, making recommendations to enable children at the end of their first 1001 days to have the social … [Read more...]
All That Matters: Women's Rights in Childbirth, by Doula UK Director, and co-Chair of Birthrights, Rebecca Schiller published today
"I want to say that a healthy baby is not all that matters and that, resoundingly, it all matters. This is the story of women, of why they matter too, and the things that happen when they are pushed to the bottom of a hierarchy in birth.” (All That Matters, Guardian Shorts, copyright Rebecca … [Read more...]
Doula UK issues statement on unassisted births with doulas present
Doula UK has released a statement on Unassisted Births with Doulas Present. This is in response to confusion following the publication of the (2014) updated Doula UK Code of Conduct for doula members, which no longer specifically mentions unassisted childbirth, and subsequent erroneous public … [Read more...]
Increased Breastfeeding Rates Could Save Millions
Increased Breastfeeding Rates Could Save Millions: Could Doulas Be Part of the Solution? Doula UK welcomes the publication of a report making clear that the NHS would save millions if women were supported to breastfeed longer. Currently, 81% of new mothers start breastfeeding in the UK, but … [Read more...]
Doula UK welcomes the publication of updated NICE Guidelines on Care During Birth
New NICE Guidelines Offer Women Much-Needed Choice Today NICE publishes its eagerly awaited updated guidance on 'Intrapartum care: care of healthy women and their babies during childbirth'. The guidance includes recommendations that commissioners should ensure that all 4 birth settings … [Read more...]
Infant Feeding Survey to be cancelled
Doula UK understands that the Infant Feeding Survey for 2015 is to be cancelled, a move that is shocking and disappointing. The UK Infant Feeding Survey (IFS) has been conducted every five years since 1975. The 2015 IFS would have been the ninth national survey of infant feeding practices to be … [Read more...]
Doula UK calls for more investment in NHS Maternity Services as Midwives Strike
Midwives have gone on strike for the first time in 133 years Doula UK is calling on the UK Government to put more investment in maternity services, as midwives strike for the first time. Today, midwives have joined thousands of other NHS staff in in a four-hour walkout, in a dispute over the … [Read more...]
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