Articles on doula training, certification, recognition and building a practice from Birth & Baby University.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and other (LGBTQ+) people become parents through pregnancy, adoption, surrogacy, co-parenting and many other routes, and they meet the same newborn realities as every family: sleep loss, feeding…
Read the article: Supporting LGBTQ+ Families Through Pregnancy, Birth, and Early ParentingOnline and in-person doula trainings both exist, both can lead to certification, and people argue about them with more confidence than the evidence allows. A fair comparison separates three things: what the learner can…
Read the article: Online Versus In-Person Doula Training: Comparing Learning Outcomes and Practical PreparationMost doulas reflect on their work informally: replaying a birth in the car, wondering whether to have said something different. Structured reflection is a deliberate version of that habit. This article reviews what research…
Read the article: Reflective Practice for Doulas: How to Evaluate and Improve Your Professional SkillsMilestone charts are everywhere: on pediatric office walls, in baby apps and in group chats where one parent's baby is "already" doing something another's is not. They exist for a good reason, because catching…
Read the article: Understanding Developmental Milestones Without Creating Unnecessary Parental AnxietyA doula's scope of practice is easy to state and hard to live inside. "Non-medical" is a clear rule on a page and a much blurrier one at 3 a.m. when a frightened client…
Read the article: Understanding the Doula’s Scope of Practice: Ethical Boundaries and Professional ResponsibilitiesA service package tells a family what they will get, and a contract tells both sides what happens when life does not go to plan. Doula organizations and Medicaid programs publish more guidance on…
Read the article: How to Create Professional Doula Service Packages and ContractsNo one can predict exactly how the perinatal workforce will look in ten years. But the direction of travel can be read from what professional bodies, states and researchers are doing now. Doulas are…
Read the article: The Future of the Perinatal Workforce: Training, Credentialing, and Collaborative CareFor many years the standard advice for a tender, hard spot in a breast was familiar: apply heat, massage firmly toward the nipple, feed or pump often and empty the breast. Many parents and…
Read the article: Mastitis and Plugged Ducts: How Current Clinical Guidance Has EvolvedEvery doula training describes itself as comprehensive, supportive and evidence-based. The phrase costs nothing to print on a website. What matters is whether a program can show you how its content is chosen and…
Read the article: What Should You Look for in an Evidence-Based Doula Training Program?Training new doulas is a natural next step for some experienced practitioners, and a business opportunity for others. It is also a responsibility: trainers shape what thousands of future doulas understand about scope, evidence…
Read the article: Becoming a Doula Trainer: What It Takes to Educate the Next Generation of Birth WorkersPage 3 of 23
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