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Labor & Birth

This category is an incredible resource for learning about pregnancy, labor and childbirth. You will also find great articles about becoming a childbirth educator and teaching childbirth education classes. To learn more about becoming a labor doula or childbirth educator contact ProDoula today!

The Emotional Journey of Expectant Fathers

Dads, for Father’s Day this year, our gift to you is the normalization of your emotional journey through labor and …

5 Reasons to Teach Childbirth Classes

#1 – Teaching Childbirth Classes offers an easily scheduled stream of revenue! If you work full time, or you’re a …

Group Childbirth Classes Are Dead

The world wide web has taken over CBE, and families, particularly millennial families, have no time or use for group …

Become a Childbirth Educator

The ProDoula Childbirth Education Certification allows you to become a childbirth educator while focusing on options, connection, and opportunity. Birth …

What is a Doula Prenatal Visit?

Don’t let the doula prenatal visit overwhelm you!You’ve taken your doula training and you’ve found your first client! Excitement takes …

Happy Father’s Day! This is All Normal

In light of the pandemic, the world is an especially scary place. For many expectant families, how, where, and with …

Doula Support and COVID-19

Providing doula support during the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing some new challenges for birthing families and in turn, the doulas …

Well Informed Pregnancy Caused Anxiety and Panic

We all know that well informed pregnancy can lead to great decision making and an empowered birth. After all, the …

Umbilical Cord Milking – Brain Bleeds

A study out of the Sharp Mary Burch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Deigo points to umbilical cord …

Preeclampsia & Long Term Heart Health

As doulas, we have learned that preeclampsia can be a very serious condition that can impact our clients pregnancies. One …

Doulas, Rockstars, and Back Stage Passes

Time and time again, doulas say, “My client was an absolute ROCKSTAR during their birth!” and the rest of us …

When Should You CALL Your Doula?

You’re having a baby and you’ve hired a doula. Good for you!You likely hired that doula to mitigate as much …

The Doula Payment Plan

By now we are all well aware that hiring a doula is an expense that can be difficult to fit …

Ambulate in Labor? What the Heck is That?

If you spend a lot of time reading birth related blogs and facebook posts, you might occasionally come across a …

Amniotic Sac? Bag of Waters? It’s Plural?

The human body is a fascinating thing. Not only do we have the capacity to grow another human being, we …

Episiotomy: CUT IT OUT!

The E word can make a grown woman cross her legs and cringe in revulsion. Pregnant women are often terrified …

What’s in Your Doula Bag – Let’s Break it Down

The “What” of Your Doula Bag: This mysterious, ever present item/idea/tool carrier, called your doula bag, that we have long …

Doulas destigmatize “Eyes and Thighs”

Eyes and Thighs and Parent’s OH MYS! When I was a new doula, I brought a lot of preconceived notions …

Red Raspberry Leaf Tea; An Herbal Supplement for Labor

In the days before I was a professional doula, I was a retail manager at a health food co-op. I …

Doula Support: What No One is Able To Teach You

Most of the time, doula support descriptions involve visions of loud or conspicuous actions: Significant position changes Noticeable actions like …

Water Birth: What’s in the Water?!

Moan and Tone.  You know the sounds…the ones that tell you it’s a good time to get your client in …

The Peanut Ball: A New Snack or A Tool for Birth?

Peanut ball? You’re a doula so there’s a good chance you are familiar with what a birth ball is. You …

Vernix: I said hold the cheese!

This conversation may make things between you and your morning bagel awkward and I’m sorry for that, but there’s no …

VBAC & TOLAC, Same or Different?

Ahh… The ever confusing acronyms associated with birth… VBAC and TOLAC, they’re sisters but not twins. …

I Teach Childbirth Education – I’m a Birth Expert!

When I meet aspiring doulas I’m asked how to get into this work, and my answer is simple… Teach Childbirth …

Labour Denial

Labour Denial: The act of being in labour yet not actually believing you are. The following is an example….

Perineal Repair – Numb or Not?

The baby came out through the vagina, the placenta passed through shortly after, and now there may be a need …

Men, Grateful Jolly Giants?

I am, through and through, a woman’s woman, in the same way that the Brawny paper towel guy is a …

Gentle Cesarean Section – Largely a PR Campaign

In 2017 Good Morning America did a segment on Gentle C-sections. They introduced their audience to more options for families …

A Hospital Bed – The Best Place for Birth

The hospital bed is the most under-used piece of equipment in a labor room. Check out this video to see …

Who Hires a Male Doula?

While the word doula is on its way to becoming commonplace, it’s not quite there yet, and people who do …

What Kind of Doula are You?

What is a doula? A doula is a trained person without an emotional attachment to the family, offering supportive services …

PDCBE – The Fastest Growing ProDoula Program

A few weeks before the idea of the PDCBE Program was born I had a conversation with Randy Patterson and …

Why We Call Our Clients “Rock Stars”

Let’s start with what we don’t mean! We don’t mean that while you were birthing your baby, you wore black …