By Michelle Every What do you say when someone – a doula client, a friend, a relative – tells you that they have experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth? Michelle Every offers some support, information and signposts. When I trained to be a doula in 2007 I was astonished and saddened that supporting baby loss was…
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Nurturing Birth Book Review: The AIMS Guide to Resolution After Birth
Book review by Natalie Stringer The AIMS Guide to Resolution After Birth, by Shane Ridley, is available from the AIMS shop as a printed book or on Kindle, for £8: https://www.aims.org.uk/shop “An absolute must-have resource.” This book from the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) is an absolute must have resource guide. It…
My Journey as a new Doula, through 2020!
By Helena Whitwell The past year for me, has really seen a new phase of my entry into the Doula world. It has included many moments of uncertainty, self-doubt, huge excitement, and anticipation. It’s amazing to look back on my doula journey and reflect on what has happened! I absolutely loved my Nurturing Birth doula…
Starting my new career as a doula – during Covid-19!
By Lorraine Pryce I don’t think any of us can start talking about 2020 without saying “What a year!” It has certainly been a year like no other. For many it has changed our way of life: how we socialise, how we view and look after our mental health and, how we go to work….
Working as a doula during Covid-19
By Nikki Mather Working as a birth and postnatal doula, providing support and information to parents, overcoming new challenges is familiar territory, and is part of the support we provide to families during the exciting journeys they are on during pregnancy, birth and beyond. This year, 2020, with a novel virus thrown into the mix,…
What experience do you need to be a doula?
By Sophie Brigstocke “What experience do I need to be a doula?” is one of the most common questions we are asked at Nurturing Birth. “Do I need to have had children?” “Do I need to have a nursing or midwifery background?” “Do I need to have worked with families before?” “Do I need complementary…