How to Choose a Doula

You know you want a doula with you at childbirth or during the postpartum period, but you don't know how to find one or choose one. Here are my tips for choosing the perfect doula for you.
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If you're thinking of hiring a birth doula to help while you're in labor, here are interview questions to help you choose someone who's right for you.
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I often get questions from friends or readers who are looking for a doula, and unsure of how to go about finding and choosing one. So here are a few things to consider. 1) What kind of support are you looking for? You may not know exactly, but it is important to envision your ideal…

A doula supports a woman and her partner during pregnancy, birth, and the early weeks of parenting, with reassurance, practical assistance, and information. A doula is someone you come to know well by the time of your birth, and who is...
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20w1d – It has come to my attention that I may indeed actually be delivering a baby in May. The Tersh is can-can-ing pretty consistently today, which emphasizes our need to perhaps really-and-truly consider the exit strategy.There is no question in my mind that I want a doula assisting me during my labor, as this is just too conceptually unruly an undertaking for me to consider going it with just The Mister, whose support and encouragement I do not doubt for a moment but whom I would rather not task with the toughest job of his life on a day that he, too, might be feeling a touch of trepidation