Birth Education Center Blog
Do I Really Need A Doula? Part 1
Today’s show is about why you should add a doula to your birth team and how doing so can cut your risk of cesarean by almost 40%! There is a lot of hesitation sometimes when the idea of a birth doula comes up. While some…
How to Become a Postpartum Doula
I want to say this show is for doulas and childbirth educators BUT – there is also so much good information for parents in here! In this podcast episode, Darla Burns, a long time CAPPA postpartum doula trainer discusses the multifaceted role of postpartum doulas.…
How to Rank on Google Search
It’s 2024! It’s time to ramp up your website for the new year and bring in those babies! In this show, we are talking with Becky DeGrossa, a business mentor and SEO strategist! Becky is here to offer help into optimizing your website for doulas…
The Importance of Self-Advocacy and Community Support in Birth Work and Parenting
This is our end-of-year wrap-up show! Allie Putnam, a former doula and host of The Birth Kweens podcast, joins to interview me! These first few months of podcasting have broken me in as far as doubling my workload and they have also pushed my edges…
How to Become a Doula: Balancing Your Passion and Self Care
So, if you’re curious about the realities of being a doula and want some idea of what your life will look like, this podcast episode is a must-listen! Ashley and I talk frankly about the on-call life and keeping your family the first priority. Work…
The Unique Perspective of Childless Doulas: Supporting Birth Without Personal Experience
Today’s show is a mentoring call for doulas but ALSO provides great information for parents considering hiring a doula without kids. Ali Feroah, the former host of Birth Kweens joins us today along with Ellie Oberg, a fellow doula without kids! Sometimes parents are hesitant…
Meet Ashley, our multiples expert. How surprise triplets brought me into birthwork!
In this podcast episode, I am introducing you to my co-host Ashley, a Hypnobirthing educator and doula. Ashley shares her personal journey into birth work, including her experience of having triplets and how it influenced her perspective on childbirth. Ashley is detail oriented educator who…
How to Build a Successful Doula Business: Tips and Strategies for New Doulas
There was one lesson in particular that was burned into my soul during my birth. And that was, I was more powerful than anyone had ever told me. I did the impossible(at least for me). I pushed a baby out of my body, med free,…
Doula Education Series – Doula 105
Doula Education Series – Part 5/5 Doula 105 – Postpartum Postpartum is the ball that gets dropped in the cycle of conception, pregnancy, labor and birth. It is the longest part of the cycle yet it is neglected the most and needs the most preparation…
Doula Education Series – Doula 104
Doula Education Series – Part 4/5 Doula 104 – Comfort Measures & Self Care Your first doula training should have taught you the physical skills to be a doula to be able offer physical comfort measures. Of course, you will learn and gather more tools…