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...]
Insurance Poll
Some Doula UK members have raised queries around the insurance poll which is part of the 2018 e-Ballot. We hope the following information will be helpful, and please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below. In recent years there have been external complaints from hospitals … [Read more...]
Pregnancy and Sleep
The lovely folk at Tuck Sleep in Seattle, Washington, have shared this in depth piece on sleep in pregnancy with us. Tuck is a non-commercial community devoted to improving sleep hygiene, health and wellness through the creation and dissemination of comprehensive, unbiased, free web-based … [Read more...]
On being an independent doula and a proud member of Doula UK
Sophie Messager is a birth and postnatal doula based in Cambridge. Sophie also offers one-to-one birth preparation, antenatal breastfeeding preparation, sling consultations, optimal fetal positioning/spinning babies techniques, as well as workshops for doulas and parents, Closing the Bones massage … [Read more...]
Winning As A Mummy
Emma Cottam is a designer, photographer and mum based in Lancashire. Emma runs an Etsy Shop and website, offering mama and daddy merchandise. Here Emma writes about becoming a mother, and being one, and tells us about her Kickstarter campaign to develop a range of 'Winning As A Mummy/Daddy' … [Read more...]
Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan
Rebecca Schiller is CEO of Birthrights, the human rights in childbirth charity, and a Doula UK doula, (sometimes known by her Twitter handle @TheHackneyDoula). Rebecca writes about parenting, pregnancy, birth, reproductive rights, feminism and more for a range of publications including the Guardian … [Read more...]
Induction of labour: how is the birth world changing?
Sara Wickham (midwife, author, speaker, researcher) reflects on the questions which arose while she updated her newest book, “Inducing Labour: making informed decisions”. The process of updating a book is a great opportunity for reflection. What has happened or changed since the last … [Read more...]
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