Doula UK Conference 2023 Stepping up for Change Doula UK present a dynamic and exciting programme with a range of topics to inspire, challenge and empower. We look forward to welcoming members, birth workers and all those who support or are interested in supporting families in the birth and … [Read more...]
World Doula Week – What Does A Doula Do? by Samantha Gadsden
Hello all and welcome to World Doula Week! I have been asked to write “What Does A Doula Do?” and what I want to say is EVERYTHING and anything a woman needs. For me a doula is someone who supports and holds up other women, there are website doulas, midwife doulas, friend doulas, business … [Read more...]
Rebecca Schiller – Doula UK Lifetime Honorary Membership
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...]
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...]
