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Happy Nurses’ Week!  Doulas Love Our Collaboration with You!

Happy Nurses’ Week! Doulas Love Our Collaboration with You!

May 6th through 12th is National Nurses Week in the USA. As birth doulas know and research shows, nurses can make or break a client experience during their client’s labor and birth. While doulas and nurses have clear and distinct roles when there is a collaboration between them, everyone, especially the family benefits.

Meet Katherine Shea Barrett – The New Executive Director of March for Moms

Meet Katherine Shea Barrett – The New Executive Director of March for Moms

Introduction to March for Moms March for Moms (MfM) is gearing up for their third annual event on the National Mall in Washington DC, to rally and raise awareness of […]

Five Reasons You May Want a Birth Doula During Your Cesarean Birth

Five Reasons You May Want a Birth Doula During Your Cesarean Birth

Cesarean Awareness Month April is Cesarean Awareness Month (CAM) and this month, many perinatal organizations are focusing on the impact cesarean birth has on parents and babies. In the USA, […]

Take Action for Black Maternal Health Week: Six Things You Can Do Now

Take Action for Black Maternal Health Week: Six Things You Can Do Now

By Sharon Muza, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE Introduction to Black Maternal Health Week April is Minority Health Month in the United States. Minority Health Month is a “month-long initiative to […]

Meet DONA International Doulas Across the Globe during World Doula Week

Meet DONA International Doulas Across the Globe during World Doula Week

By Sharon Muza, BS, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, CLE March 22nd-28th is World Doula Week, originally designated in 2011 as “Doula Day” by Ruti Karni Horowitz. Since then, the celebration has expanded […]

Research Update: ACOG Advises No Longer Laboring Down and Support of Family-Centered Cesareans

Research Update: ACOG Advises No Longer Laboring Down and Support of Family-Centered Cesareans

By Sharon Muza, BS, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, LCE Introduction Just about two years ago, the DONA Doula Chronicles blog shared about the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) […]

Series: Doula Me This #6 – I Have No Backup Doula!

Series: Doula Me This #6 – I Have No Backup Doula!

By Sharon Muza, BS, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE Today is the sixth post in the occasional series, “Doula Me This!” Each post in the series provides a common scenario that […]

Book Review: The Heart of the Doula: Essentials for Practice and Life  

Book Review: The Heart of the Doula: Essentials for Practice and Life  

Amy Gilliland, Ph.D., Adv/BDT(DONA), CSE (AASECT) believes that doulas have the potential to change the world through connection and caring for another person, and this book is one way that […]

The Duchess and the Doula

The Duchess and the Doula

By Ann Grauer, AdvCD/BDT(DONA), AdvPCD/PDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, IBCLC Meghan Markle hired a doula for her upcoming birth (and, hopefully, postpartum). We are delighted that she is making DOULA the word […]

WE’RE LIVE! Introducing DONA International’s New Online Data Collection System

WE’RE LIVE! Introducing DONA International’s New Online Data Collection System

By Sarah Hodin, MPH, CD(DONA), LCCE Introducing DONA International online data collection forms As the largest doula training, certification, and membership organization in the world, DONA International is uniquely positioned […]