When Maternity Breaks

This post is by a Developing Doulas graduate who volunteers for the March With Midwives campaign – a UK wide campaign, started by doulas in our community to protest against the poor working conditions that midwives are enduring and how these conditions impact on the women and people they serve. Elle’s essay beautifully explains what … Read more

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How Much Does a Doula Earn? Expensive luxury or free volunteer?

Neither and Both! There is no easy answer to that question. What a doula earns varies immensely from doula to doula, place to place and time to time. It might also depend of what other revenue streams you have and how you go about your marketing. It certainly isn’t a predictable salary. Here at Developing … Read more

Anger

So I want to talk a little about anger. You may think that anger is a negative thing for us to be talking about when we are trying to focus on self care and self compassion, but bear with me and I hope you’ll understand why I want to speak a few words on this … Read more

The Three-Legged Stool of Doula Support

A three-legged stool is very strong. It can support us and provide a comfortable resting place. And because three points define a plane, it is hard to topple over, even on an uneven surface. The three-legged stool has a long history – from milking stool to birthing stool and even, in some cultures, the stool … Read more

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