Doula Support
When Your Doula Clients Don’t Call: What It Means, Why It Happens, and How to Cope
It’s a scenario that can sting: you’ve done everything right, prepared, checked in, and created an amazing birth plan with them. You have been to their home 3 times. Your bag is packed. You have told people ‘if I am not a birth’ at least 6 times this week alone. You are excited. Then, when…
Read MoreHow do I know being a virtual doula is for me?
Discovering the Concept of Virtual Doula Aight, boom! You already know you want to be a doula, right? Now you’re trying to figure out what kind of doula you’re going to be. I walked into this birth worker space feeling like there were many doula tropes and I didn’t feel like I fit into any…
Read MoreDoula skills and adding Fertility Specialist to my resume
Written by Tanika Connesero (Fertility Specialist) My Journey to Becoming a Fertility Specialist I was inspired to study birth work while in my prenatal yoga teacher training. I was shocked at just how little I knew about my body, my ovulatory cycle, and things that [can] impact my health and life, including the traumatic brain…
Read MoreGrow Doula Business: Wildly simple, but impactful advice to help
Written by Meg Kant Grow your Doula Business This week we had our final class of our Maternal Support Practitioner training for the Fall 2022 semester. The last class is always bittersweet because as much as we are excited for you students to be starting or growing your doula business, but we know we will…
Read MoreWhy Should You Consider Becoming a Fertility Doula?
Why Should You Consider Becoming a Fertility Doula? The long and the short of it is because it is awesome, and people realllllly need support! Here are some reasons why becoming a fertility doula is awesome: Nobody ever wishes to be someone with reproductive challenges, it is not something anyone would choose. But one…
Read MoreMy favourite birth video ever
Written by Meg Kant My favourite birth video ever This week my youngest son celebrated his 6th birthday. I love reminiscing about his birth, it was one of my favourite experiences of all time, I had the home birth of my dreams (you can even watch the video ). After the birth of my oldest…
Read MoreWhat brought me to Birth Work
Written by Meg Kant From Personal Struggles to Birth Work I was called to birth work from my own experience. I wanted to be the support that I didn’t have during my pregnancy and labour with my oldest son. During that pregnancy, I was diagnosed with severe antenatal depression and anxiety, and during labour, my…
Read MoreNot Everyone Knows What You Know
Written by Meg Kant Not everyone knows what you know Everyone knows the things that I know Sometimes when I am talking to people out and about in the world I forget that all the information floating around in my brain isn’t common knowledge. As I am covering certain topics I notice myself not always…
Read MorePerinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) Myths we need to bust!
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD)! Is well-known to anyone that there are many myths about Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) that involve not only false beliefs, but can even confuse people who are going through it. We believe that to debunk these myths the most important thing is to talk about…
Read MoreBeing Sensitive Isn’t a Curse
Written by Meg Kant I am a wildly sensitive human I am a wildly sensitive human. What does this mean for me? It means that I feel things bigly (I googled it, it is indeed a real word lol). I’m sensitive to images, sounds, light, and touch. I’m especially sensitive to the content I ingest…
Read MoreWhat I Wish I Knew About Becoming a Birthworker!
Written by Amy Willis What I Wish I Knew About Becoming a Birthworker! So you want to become a birthworker? Amazing! You are absolutely in the right place! Starting your career and/or business as a birthworker is exciting! And because we are committed to your success, we wanted to provide some tips…
Read More7 Ways a Doula Can Support Birthers and Families
7 Ways a Doula Can Support Birthers and Families: World Doula Week It’s World Doula Week and we’re celebrating! Birth Workers aka doulas are changing the landscape of birth worldwide, providing support and safety, encouraging agency and autonomy and changing birth experiences AND outcomes. We love birth work and birth workers, and are deeply…
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