Parents Magazine recently put out an article on how choose a birth doula. I just wanted to share a link here today. Its great to see that birth doulas are going more mainstream than before.
"When considering whom to have at your birth, your list might not go beyond your partner, your mother, and perhaps a good friend. But you may want to consider hiring another set of hands to help you through the experience. "Women have always nurtured other women during birth, and pregnant women are often drawn to this type of support," explains Jessica English, a DONA-certified birth doula and director of public relations for DONA International, the leading association of doulas. Unlike most doctors or hospital-based midwives, your birth doula, or trained labor coach, will spend hours getting to know you, help you write a birth plan, and be by your side from the moment in labor you decide you need her until a few hours after the baby is born" -Amy Palanjian from Parents Magazine
Click here to read the full article.
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