March 2024 Newsletter
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March 22, 2024 |
ARE YOU READY FOR WORLD DOULA WEEK?
( March 22nd-28th, 2024 )
World Doula Week is an excellent opportunity for you as a doula to celebrate and raise awareness around your profession! But where does one start?
✔️ Make a Video Telling Your Story
Share your personal journey of why you became a doula. Post this video on your social media and website to connect with your audience on a deeper level.
✔️ Write a Blog About What Doulas Do
Educate your following on the benefits of having a doula and how doulas support families before, during, and after birth. Share this blog post on your website and social media platforms.
✔️ Contact Clients for Testimonials
Reach out to previous clients and ask for reviews about their experience with you as their doula. Sharing testimonials can help create awareness around the positive impact doulas have.
✔️ Call or Write a Thank You Note to a Fellow Doula
Personal connections within the doula community are invaluable, and nurturing these relationships can strengthen the profession as a whole.
✔️ Enter ProDoula’s FREE DOULA TRAINING Instagram Giveaway!
Throughout World Doula Week ProDoula is giving away 3 FREE DOULA TRAININGS!
Visit our Instagram for details on how to enter!
NEW PRODOULA TRAINING COMING SOON 👀
At ProDoula we are always growing and evolving to meet the needs of our diverse membership. With a robust selection of trainings for new doulas, we recognize a demand for ways established doulas can continue their education and increase their skillset.
Stay tuned for the formal announcement of Prodoula’s Newest Advanced Training!
In the meantime, reach out to ProDoula to bring an Advanced Comfort Measures for Labor training to your area. This training will fortify your foundation for supporting clients in labor with new techniques, insights, and strategies.
62 BIRTH WORKERS COMPLETED PRODOULA
CERTIFICATION IN FEBRUARY 2024!
Certified Postpartum & Infant Care Doula: 32
✰ Certified Elite Postpartum & Infant Care Doula: 1
Certified Labor Doula: 25
Certified Infant Feeding Educator: 1
Certified Postpartum Placenta Specialist: 1
Certified Childbirth Educator: 2
SHARE WITH A FRIEND FOR WORLD DOULA WEEK!
SHOULD I BECOME A DOULA?
Do you know someone in your life who would make a great doula? World Doula Week is an excellent time to encourage those coming to mind to explore a career in doula work.
Share this Doula Learning Channel online module as a resource for those interested in becoming a doula!
This online learning module offers a glimpse into the dynamic world of doula work.
Created by Educator, Lacey Bauer (she/her), this Doula Learning Channel online learning module is 21 minutes in length.
PRODOULAS MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
March 21st is Down Syndrome Day. The date, 3/21, is significant because it represents the triplication of the 21st chromosome, which causes Down Syndrome.
Haley Jamin of Uptown Doula, is making a difference in her community by volunteering with First Call Parent Mentor Program for the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Charlotte.
This program is all about offering support and guidance to families who are navigating the journey of Down syndrome, especially during pregnancy and birth.
Every pregnancy and diagnosis is unique. This program matches parents like Haley, who received a prenatal diagnosis, with families going through a similar experience.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT PRODOULA
“Mari Leckel (pictured left) created a very nurturing space where we felt comfortable asking all kinds of questions and produced really fruitful conversation. Much of the weekend’s lectures were led by our questions and what mattered to us so there was certainly enough time to address everything that was specifically important to each of us.”
Postpartum & Infant Care Doula Training
Educator, Mari Leckel
12-18-2023
Boston, MA
WHAT WE ARE WATCHING
WHAT WE ARE LISTENING TO
Doulas of the Roundtable Podcast Episode 12:
What We Are Taught: Why It Matters
What a doula is taught shapes the way they move through the birth world and interact with other professionals in the field.
For example, some doulas are taught not to interact with providers and to be more of a ‘fly on the wall’. Other doulas are taught to build collaborative relationships with providers to best support their clients.
Join Angela, Eva and special guest ProDoula CEO Randy Patterson, as they dive into what doulas have historically been taught and why it matters.
