How to Choose a Doula

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Tip 1 - How to Choose a Birth Doula

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Charles West | permalink

For further reading: http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/how-to-choose-a-doula/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Choose the Right Doula (Birth Coach) for You

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lurker TWG | permalink

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.
Tags: doula,pregnancy,Women's Fitness

For further reading: http://breakingmuscle.com/womens-fitness/how-to-choose-the-right-doula-birth-coach-for-you ^[2]

Tip 3 - Doula interview sheet: Questions to ask a potential birth doula | BabyCenter

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lori Alexander | permalink

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.
Tags: doula, interview sheet, birth help, doola, dula

For further reading: http://www.babycenter.com/0_questions-to-ask-a-potential-birth-doula_1458427.bc ^[3]

Tip 4 - Ten things to consider when choosing a birth doula | Radical Doula on WordPress.com

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Nabila Hajji | permalink

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…

For further reading: http://radicaldoula.com/2014/05/06/ten-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-birth-doula/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Choose a Doula

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Hans Ellis | permalink

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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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Doula ^[5]

Tip 6 - How Do You Choose a Doula?

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jennifer Gragg | permalink

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

For further reading: http://www.parenting.com/blogs/project-pregnancy/lexi-walters-wright/how-do-you-choose-doula ^[6]