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….
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Doulas only support natural birth … and other myths
By Sophie Brigstocke I had a conversation the other day with someone who really wants to be a doula, but she was doubting her ability because she ended up having a caesarean when her baby was born – not the birth she had planned. She felt that somehow she wouldn’t qualify as a doula because she hadn’t had…
When will I know I’m ready to be a doula?
By Sophie Brigstocke Are you waiting for a perfect moment to train to become a doula? For the kids to start school, to have left your 9-5 day job, for your redundancy to be confirmed, for your family to need you less, for your friends to validate your choice, to get pregnant, to leave midwifery,…