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  • The perfect present?

    11/29/10 • (0)

    “My boyfriend has asked me what I would like for Christmas. I would love to get something useful for work but have no idea what! Any ideas on the perfect present for a doula and childbirth [...]

  • Teaching on a low budget

    9/04/10 • (0)

    “I am just starting out as a childbirth educator and I have limited funds to buy all the resources. How can I teach my classes on a low budget?” – Anke, Denmark Anke, great question! When [...]

  • How do I get new clients?

    7/03/10 • (0)

    “I am a new doula and have had several meetings with potential clients that never come to anything. I always put a lot into these meetings and feel very disappointed when they never call me back [...]

  • Detours from the plan

    6/26/10 • (0)

    “How do I help clients to take on board the information about interventions or their labor not going how they had planned. They seem to be thinking ‘I won’t need that’ or ‘that won’t happen to [...]

  • Using Evaluations

    6/19/10 • (0)

    “How do I evaluate the success of my childbirth classes? My clients seem to enjoy them but the evaluations do not seem to tell me much.” – Eleanor, Quebec Eleanor, that is an interesting question and [...]

  • Falling in the middle

    5/22/10 • (0)

    “I am working with a client who tells me she wants an active, natural birth. However she is with a caregiver who I know from previous experience practices active management. I feel very pessimistic about her [...]

  • Birth bags

    5/08/10 • (0)

    “I am just beginning as a birth doula and would like some advice. What should I pack in my doula birth bag? I have read quite a bit online but have no idea what is essential [...]

  • How do I stay balanced?

    4/17/10 • (0)

    “I want to teach about the benefits of natural birth but I am worried about coming across as anti-doctor. How can I teach my clients the difference between active management and expectant management in a balanced [...]

  • My family don’t take me seriously!

    3/27/10 • (0)

    “I am training as a doula and childbirth educator. Before I started training I was a stay at home mom. My problem is that my family all think this is just a hobby to me. They [...]