Pain. I am in the midst of a horrible back spasm. My low back and right hip have been in a spasm since last week. I cannot stand or walk without sharp, knife-like pain, and even sitting is very uncomfortable. So I have been spending a lot of time thinking about pain. I talk about …
#1 – A doula will prevent my baby’s other parent from feeling fully involved with our baby’s birth A doula works with the whole family. When the partner is looking tentative, the doula can say something like “Why don’t you stand here and hold her through the contraction while I rub her back?” Right away, …
I became a doula because I was a childbirth teacher who got curious and went to a “labour support” course thinking I would learn some useful things to teach the dads and partners in my classes. This was way back in 1994, when I didn’t know the word “doula” and had a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old …
