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Careful Now! The Black Pregnant Body is NOT Defective Recent press has spotlighted the tragedy of more Black women and babies dying than Whites in the United States. It has amplified the voices of Black women and allowed more people to hear their stor…

Doula Research Part III – Barriers To Approvals, Funding And Publishing Access Most people don’t know much about the research process or how difficult and time consuming it can be to publish in a peer reviewed journal. This essay exposes the barriers that are unique to publishing doula research examining obstetrical or neonatal outcomes. Part II covered the medical politics?...

There’s 67 Different Doula Training Organizations! Uh oh! Or maybe not? Recently, Kim James of DoulaMatch.net reported that birth and postpartum doulas have listed 67 different training organizations in their online profiles. Why are there so many? What are the implications for our profession? If you think about it, there are few ways for someone to utilize the…

It’s Your Turn to Make Doula History Lately I’ve thought a lot about what’s left after someone is gone – and who tells their story. It has made me really think about who is going to write the story of our movement. Traditionally history is written by people after events have happened, after the world has already changed. It’s written…