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diary of a doula

Healthcare Team

8/30/2017

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A doula is a non-medical professional who supports mamas and their families through the childbearing year. She educates, accompanies, and empowers the mamas through their pregnancy and early parenthood. A doula is not a doctor, not a midwife, not a nurse. A doula should however, be able to work alongside with healthcare professionals for the benefit of the mother.

The healthcare staff has the very important job of making sure mom and baby are in good physiological health. They monitor and chart a mother's progress. They often get a pretty bad rap in the media for being pushy and ignorant to the wishes of their patients. Some of this is true, there are days when I have come across some staff members whom I have felt overstepped their bounds, took too many decisions without proper education of the patient. I would like to stress that this is only a part of the healthcare world. There are wonderful medical staff members out there. We have met and I would like to thank you on behalf of mothers.

My job, as a doula, is to keep mom educated and give her the confidence to speak up, ask questions, demand better. Your job as a mama is to be present, be engaged, and make informed decisions for your family. 
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I pledge, as a birth doula, to foster a warm and professional relationship with healthcare professionals. My goal is to maintain an open and honest dialogue which is home to respect for each other and for the family which we are all serving. The main goal is to support and lift up this mother and family as they move through a most momentous day. 

I want hospitals to be a welcoming place for mothers. Birth centres within these hospitals should be filled with strength and family. A mother should not be afraid, she should be supported. I employ all those working with mothers to work together and care for the mother.


​Advanced Doula Skills Workshop


​Tomorrow evening I am attending a workshop taught by two lovely labour and delivery nurses, both of which are wicked doulas! The workshop will have both doulas and L&D nurses in attendance, both parties looking to better understand and work with one another. It will also count for hours towards a 400-hour naturopathic doula certificate with the Montreal Doula School. 

Learn more about the workshop
UPDATE!

I had a wonderful time with those women learning about birth. I just can't get enough. We learned peanut ball techniques, rebozo work, and many other movements in labour that will help so many mamas in Montreal. Continuing education is such an important part of birth work. It equips us doulas with the most recent evidence-based information and techniques.

I can't wait to share my knowledge with the mamas already in my care and future mamas-to-be!
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