Posts Tagged ‘fertility doula’
Why 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 MoreThe Queers for Queer Care Award by Nicki
Maternal Support Practitioner MSP Scholarship – Fall 2021 Hello everyone! My name is Nicole, but I also go by Nicki or Nicoletta, and I use the pronouns she/her. As a little girl I was obsessed with babies, and I believe this is when the journey began, on my winding path, to become a birth worker.…
Read MoreJeska Sta.Teresa and The JAYU human rights award
Maternal Support Practitioner Certification Scholarship – Fall 2021 What makes me different is my advantage My name is Jeska Sta.Teresa, from the Philippines. My mother is the head of our household, alongside her twin who is a 2nd mom to us. I have a sister. I’m younger but people call me the “big-sis”. We have…
Read MoreFertility Doula – What Clients Want
As a doula it is likely you have, or will have, clients who have conceived through fertility treatment. In many ways these clients have pregnancies like any other. Your client may or may not experience morning sickness, may or may not have a specific birth plan, may or may not plan on bodyfeeding, just like…
Read MoreFertility Specialist Certification – Why I Signed Up
Why MSP grad and owner of Clarity Maternal is enrolled for our next class: Secondary infertility. Those used to be two words that I had never heard of and didn’t understand. I had friends who were trying for a sibling for their child but were unsuccessful over and over again. I couldn’t fully understand why. They’d had a…
Read More5 Self Care tips for Doula
Self care is often a fleeting experience, as there is an unspoken pressure in our society for us to continually do more, to push more, to hustle more. We unknowingly estimate our worth with how busy we are and how much we can produce. We are celebrated and honoured by how much we have…
Read MoreMSP Fall 2017 Scholarship Winner: Tarina Jackson
For the Fall 2017 Maternal Support Practitioner Program at bebo mia inc we had a record number of scholarship applications submitted! Choosing our winners was incredibly difficult and in the end, we ended up selecting 6 winners. Two of the scholarships were sponsored by amazing female-owned businesses, Hip Mommies & SleepBelt. The other four were…
Read MoreScholarship Winner: Hayden Connects Her Faith to doula work
Here at bebo mia inc. we have had a whirlwind Spring 2017. We had our largest MSP Class EVER, we launched another amazing course with our awesome friend & colleague, Olivia Scobie, the Diverse Families Certification and we are excitedly preparing for the arrival of Natasha’s second baby and collectively our third #bebobaby. We have…
Read MoreA Doula’s Guide to Pregnancy and Birth After Infertility
The struggle with infertility can be one of the most challenging (sad, disappointing, traumatic…you name it!) experiences of someone’s life. In fact, research shows that women experiencing infertility have emotional stress levels similar to cancer patients. What doulas, and any person working in the maternal health field need to know is that the thoughts/feelings…
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