Articles on doula training, certification, recognition and building a practice from Birth & Baby University.
Forecasting a decade of research is guesswork, so this article does something more modest. It reads what recent reviews and research agendas say is missing, notes which large studies are underway, describes the funding…
Read the article: What Does the Next Decade of Maternal and Infant Health Research Mean for Doulas?Birth doula training teaches you to provide continuous emotional, physical, and informational support during labor. Strong programs cover labor physiology, comfort techniques, all birth scenarios, communication skills, and business basics—preparing you to support families…
Read the article: Birth Doula Training: From First Module to Working With FamiliesRecommendations about the "golden hour" are widely repeated, and they are sometimes repeated with more certainty than the evidence supports. Postpartum doulas usually arrive after the first hour has passed, yet they meet families…
Read the article: The First Hour After Birth: Why Early Feeding Support Matters"Maternal mortality" sounds like a single number, but the United States publishes several, built on different definitions, different data sources and different time windows. For a doula, the differences matter. They explain why two…
Read the article: Understanding Maternal Mortality in the United States: What the Data RevealsJaundice is one of the most common reasons newborns are seen after hospital discharge, and one of the most common things postpartum doulas notice in the first week at home. Most newborn jaundice is…
Read the article: Newborn Jaundice: What Postpartum Doulas Should Know About Recognition and ReferralAsk a new parent what their baby is doing and you will often hear "sleeping," "fussy" or "awake," as if those were three settings on a switch. Newborns actually move through a series of…
Read the article: Understanding Newborn Behavioral States: A Guide for Postpartum Doulas"Without a doula, you could be treated badly." Marketing that leans on the fear of a bad birth is common, and the research on fear appeals is more complicated than people on either side…
Read the article: How to Market Doula Services Without Using Fear-Based MessagingThe fetal monitor is the most visible piece of equipment in many labor rooms, and the one doulas are most often asked about. Families notice the sound, the lines on the screen and the…
Read the article: Understanding Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Foundational Knowledge for Nonclinical Birth WorkersSleep is the topic exhausted parents raise first, and many postpartum doulas are asked for help with it. Pediatric sleep consulting has grown into a paid specialty with many training programs, but the field…
Read the article: Pediatric Sleep Consulting: Understanding Training, Evidence, and Professional BoundariesThe "fourth trimester" is a popular phrase for the weeks after birth, and ACOG uses it. Behind the phrase is a period in which the body recovers from pregnancy and birth, hormones shift, the…
Read the article: The Fourth Trimester: What Happens Physiologically During the First 12 Weeks After Birth?Page 22 of 23
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