Articles on doula training, certification, recognition and building a practice from Birth & Baby University.
When families describe why they hired a postpartum doula, a recurring phrase is "to feel confident." Confidence is a soft word, but psychologists measure something close to it as parenting self-efficacy, the belief in…
Read the article: The Role of Postpartum Doulas in Supporting Parental Confidence and Self-Efficacy"Advanced maternal age" is a label many parents over 35 dislike, and the research behind it is often misquoted. Risks do rise with age on average, but they rise gradually, differ by outcome, and…
Read the article: Birth After Age 35: What Research Actually Says About Maternal Age and Pregnancy RiskSterile water injections (SWI) are a clinician-administered treatment for severe low back pain in labor. Clients who have heard about them online sometimes ask whether to request them. The evidence supports pain relief in…
Read the article: Sterile Water Injections for Back Labor: Evidence, Effectiveness, and LimitationsCompassion is the quality everyone names first when they describe a good doula, and it is rightly valued. But compassion alone does not tell you how a doula should speak up in a delivery…
Read the article: What Skills Make an Exceptional Doula? Beyond Compassion and Emotional SupportPostpartum doula training online delivers the full certification curriculum through self-paced modules you complete on your schedule — no travel, no fixed class dates. You enroll, work through video lessons and guided practice, complete…
Read the article: Postpartum Doula Training Online: Self-Paced CertificationMarketing advice tells doulas to "find your niche" and "know your ideal client." For a doula who cares about access, that advice has a catch: the more precisely you define whom you serve, the…
Read the article: How to Identify Your Ideal Doula Clients Without Excluding Families Who Need Support"Certified birth doula" sounds like a single, settled credential. In practice it is a family of credentials issued by different organizations, with different requirements, and in the United States no law requires any of…
Read the article: How to Become a Certified Birth Doula: Education, Skills, and Career PreparationCommunity-based doula programs have become a visible part of the conversation about access to perinatal support. They are built on a simple idea: pair families with a nonclinical support person who often comes from…
Read the article: The Role of Community-Based Doulas in Improving Access to Perinatal SupportDehydration is one of the quiet emergencies of the newborn period. A baby who is not taking in enough milk, or who is losing fluid through vomiting or diarrhea, can change from sleepy to…
Read the article: Recognizing Early Signs of Dehydration in NewbornsWhite noise is one of the most common tools parents reach for in the newborn weeks. Machines, apps and white noise "sound soothers" are widely sold with claims that they help babies fall asleep…
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