Doulaing at Christmas: How can doulas plan their holiday period? By Sam Sheppard “Boundaries… yeah, yeah” I hear you say, as you roll your eyes and take a big sigh. It’s all we harp on about, right? But what do they actually mean and how easy is it to actually implement them? As the festive…
My Doula Journey: Sophie Brigstocke
by Sophie Brigstocke I didn’t hear about doulas until 2007, by which time I’d been working in the perinatal world for a couple of years. I was enjoying a blissful Sunday afternoon reading some magazines and stumbled across an article about women changing careers. In it, one woman talked about having moved from being an…
Nurturing Birth Doula Training: Why doulas train with us!
After every Nurturing Birth doula training course, we ask for feedback from the participants, and the themes are the same every time. We though that we’d share some of these themes with you, as you try to decide which doula training company you want to train with, in your journey to your new doula career….
NB Book Review: Why Formula Feeding Matters
Book Review by Nikki Mather Why Formula Feeding Matters by Shel Banks is available from Pinter and Martin for £8.99 Shel Banks is an Infant feeding Specialist who has been working with parents for over 12 years at the time of writing her book. Shel points out a common misconception; the incorrect belief that Lactation…
Doulas Supporting Families With: Positive Induction Birth
By Jade Gordon My Top 5 Tips for a More Positive Induction Jade Gordon shares her top tips on having a positive induction of labour. Nurturing Birth’s series of specialist articles are written to help you to help your doulas clients, so do feel free to share these articles with your clients, and, of course,…
NB Book Review: The AIMS Guide to Safety in Childbirth
Book Review by Trudi Dawson The AIMS Guide to Safety In Childbirth by Gemma McKenzie, Emma Ashworth, Shane Ridley and Virginia Hatton is available from AIMS and costs £8. I have been a doula for 15 years now, initially training with Nurturing Birth back in 2007. I read ALL the birthy books I could get…