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…
Doula training
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….
Train as a doula – Frequently Asked Questions!
Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about doula training, with some helpful answers! How can I juggle becoming/being a doula with a young family? How do other doulas with children manage their commitments? Firstly, remember that what you choose to offer as a doula is entirely up to you, and can adapt…
The importance of physiological birth
By Sophie Brigstocke My father, who became a farmer in his retirement, has a beautiful herd of Ruby Red Devon Cattle and there is something so special about being around them. Several years ago, when the herd was managed by someone else, I witnessed one of the first-time heifers calving. She was out in her field, surrounded…
Danielle Fox: My Journey to Being a Doula
By Danielle Fox, Nurturing Birth’s Doula Mentor Coordinator I am usually a very busy birth doula but enquiries for postnatal support have been at their highest since Covid started. I’m the doula mentor coordinator with Nurturing Birth. I first heard about doulas about ten years ago when my mum said she’d found the job I…
“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…