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How to Choose a Birth Doula: Find the right trained labor coach for your delivery.
One Voice Letter
Response to Today Show segment September 11, 2009
Mothering Mothers
NBC's Your Healthy Family with Hoda Kotb
Our response to homebirth options article in US News and World Report.
Doulas deliver help for birthing moms
Cnn.com, August 7, 2007
Mother's helper:
Doulas Make Birth Better For Some Bay Area Moms
InsideBayArea.com, April 4,2006
Childbirth Connection's (formerly MCA) Alert to help interpret the NIH cesarean conference, "Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request."
ChildbirthConnection.org (Formerly Maternity Center Association), Alerts & Responces, April 2005
Delivering Hope-
Loretha Weisinger CD(DONA) Dispenses Advice and Support to Chicago 's Pregnant Teens
People Magazine,Vol.64 No.21, November 21, 2005 DONA International President Susan Martensen Interview About Doulas on Hypnobabies LIVE
Healthylife.net, Jan. 20,2006
Doulas Help Women In Labor Keep to the Game Plan
NorthJersey.com Health, Woman's Health, Jan. 3, 2006
DONA's Postpartum Director Responds to Article "The Trend Towards Night Doulas"
Mothering.com Pregnancy and Birth, Midwives and Doulas, Jan.2, 2006 Childbirth Connection's Response to CDC Cesarean Section Rates
Childbirth Connection (Formerly Maternity Center Association) Cesarean Alert, Nov. 2005 Breastfeeding Saving Six Million Lives Annually, UNICEF
MedicalNewsToday.com Nutrition/Agriculture News, Nov. 23, 2005 ACOG Statement Calling Elective C-Sections Ethical “Downplays Risks of Procedure, Women's Health Organizations Say”,
KaiserNetwork.org Daily Reports, Nov. 20, 2003 Guardian angels, Guardian Unlimited, Sept. 30, 2003 Dad's Birth Plan: Plan Ahead for a Less Stressful Birth,
iParenting.com, Dads Today A passion for pregnancy, St. Petersburg Times, Aug. 22, 2003 Continuous Support for Women During Childbirth, new Cochrane Review through the Childbirth Connection (Formerly Maternity Center Association), July 2003 Certified Childbirth Educator/Birth Doula, The Boston Globe, April 20, 2003 Doulas Create Birth Memories Worth Cherishing, The Canadian Women's Health Network, January 24, 2003 Lucky Tomaszek The Passion of Birth, Vital Source, October 2002 Listening to Mothers: Report of the First National U.S. Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences, Childbirth Connection (Formerly Maternity Center Association), October 24, 2002 Special delivery, Billings Gazette, October 23, 2002 Caregiver Support for Women During Childbirth: Does the Presence of a Labor-Support Person Affect Maternal-Child Outcomes?, American Family Physician, October 1, 2002 Lying in, Canadian Medical Association Journal, September 17, 2002 Doulas provide added support for child birth, The Daily Gleaner, April 8, 2002 The doula difference, Sarasota Magazine, January, 2002 Mother's little helpers Doulas making life easier for pre- and postpartum women, San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 2001 Social Support By Doulas During Labor And The Early Postpartum Period, Hospital Physician, September 2001 (pdf) A labor of love: Women turn to doulas for support during childbirth,
Lawrence Journal-World, May 19, 2001 The Doula Difference: North Bay women rediscover the art of helping others through childbirth, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2001 Indivisible Stories of American Community – Stony Brook, NY One Labor-Intensive Job, Time.com, March 12, 2001, Vol. 157, No. 10 Doulas - Who Are They and How Might They Affect Obstetrical Anesthesia Practices?, American Society of Anesthesiologists Newsletter, October 2000 Doulas Can Improve the Health of Both Mother and Newborn,
Mercola.com, October 2000 Nice work if you can get it, JSOnline, Milwaukee, September 2000 A doula's passion is “mothering the mother”,
JSOnline, Milwaukee, January 2000 Hand holding for moms, Salon.com, December 7, 1999 Doulas helping pregnant women - and their partners - through labor, Nurse Week, August 1998 Show of Support, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 3, 1998 Paulette Ballas helps women have a successful birth day, San Francisco Examiner, September 1, 1997 ^Top |
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