By Victoria Fox Although I’ve not yet taken on any clients, this is my journey to where I am now and why I trained to be a doula! I first heard about doulas after I gave birth to my son in April 2020. I was speaking to a fellow new mum about how we would…
Training to be a Doula
What am I doing wrong? (Why am I not getting doula clients?)
By Sophie Brigstocke This week a new doula was sharing that she hadn’t got any clients yet and wondered what she was doing wrong. It’s been almost twenty years since I stepped into self-employment and I can still remember those early days when there was more fear than excitement around making it work. It was…
“But I don’t know enough to be a doula!”
By Michelle Every When people connect with me, as they look into training to be a doula, I often hear the same theme coming up “How do I make sure I know enough?” “Will clients expect me to know everything about birth or the early days with a newborn?” “I am worried that the client…
Anne Glover – Becoming a doula: My Story!
By Anne Glover Anne trained as a doula with Nurturing Birth in June 2015. Since then, she’s been a full time doula based in Northern Ireland. Are you primarily a birth or postnatal doula? I love doing both birth and postnatal doulaing, but the demand seems to be primarily for birth doulas here in Northern…
Victoria White – My Journey to becoming a doula
By Victoria White I first heard about doulas when I was pregnant with my second child. I had really struggled during my previous postpartum, and I was looking to source some more support second time around. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any doulas working in my local area. But I did come across the Nurturing Birth…
Why I became a Doula – Booney Smith
Being the second eldest and with seven siblings my doula journey started early on in life. I was blissfully unaware that I would still be in a position to be doing something that I love to this day and with a confidence that has grown over the years. My career path before becoming a doula…