Articles on doula training, certification, recognition and building a practice from Birth & Baby University.
Doulas get constant advice to post daily, start a reel series, run a giveaway. The research on whether any of this wins clients for a doula is close to nonexistent. What we have is…
Read the article: Social Media Marketing for Doulas: What Strategies Are Worth Your Time?Swaddling is among the oldest infant care practices and also one of the most debated in current safe sleep guidance. Parents are taught to wrap their baby snugly in hospital, shown it in videos…
Read the article: Swaddling and Infant Sleep: Benefits, Risks, and When to Stop"Advocate" is one of the most used and most contested words in doula work. Clients hope a doula will speak up for them, clinicians worry about someone interfering with care, and doulas themselves describe…
Read the article: The Difference Between Advocacy and Clinical Decision-Making in Doula CareMost people who ask this question are really asking two things: "Is it allowed?" and "Will I be good enough at it?" The answers are yes, and that depends less on a medical background…
Read the article: Can You Become a Doula Without a Medical Background?Community organizations are often the ones who notice that families in their area have no access to a doula, and that the people best placed to become doulas cannot afford the training. Some have…
Read the article: How Community Organizations Can Build Funded Doula Training Programs"Trauma-informed" has become a common phrase in birth work, and it is easy to nod at without knowing what it asks of a practice. This article summarizes the framework most often cited, the six…
Read the article: Trauma-Informed Doula Care: Principles Every Birth Worker Should PracticeWhen doulas talk about cost, they often mean the price of a training workshop. The true cost of running a practice also includes membership, renewals, safety and compliance requirements, taxes, equipment and, largest of…
Read the article: Understanding the True Cost of Running a Doula BusinessMany families use infant formula, some from the first day, others alongside breastfeeding or after breastfeeding ends. A postpartum doula is often the person in the kitchen when a parent asks whether the water…
Read the article: Formula Feeding: What Doulas Should Know About Safe Preparation and Responsive Feeding"Responsive caregiving" appears in nearly every serious framework for early childhood, and it is easy to say and harder to describe. For a postpartum doula, it can sound like a slogan: respond to the…
Read the article: Supporting Healthy Newborn Development Through Responsive Caregiving"It takes a village" is one of the oldest ideas in postpartum care, and one of the least funded. Families return home from birth to different amounts of help: grandparents who live next door,…
Read the article: How Social Support Influences Maternal Recovery and Family Well-BeingPage 8 of 23
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