If you're searching for a doula to support you in birth, this list of dos and don'ts will help you have great conversations during your doula interviews. A doula consult is usually your only chance to get to know this person before you spend hundreds of dollars on their services, so it's a don't-miss opportunity!

If you gave birth post-covid but pre-vaccines, your pandemic birth story matters.

We love taking time at the end of the year to reflect on our experiences and growth.

Flexibility is a value we hold dear in our doula practice. Learn why this aspect of our approach makes such a big difference for our birth doula clients.

[M]otherboard Birth is an exciting new platform to help parents learn about their options in birth and create a birth plan. If you want to learn more about this new tool, check out our interview with CEO & Founder Amy Haderer.

Experienced doulas share 10 tricks to help you settle into your hospital room for labor.

Time for an unpopular opinion. Learn why we avoid using the phrase “birth is beautiful” as doulas.

As the year comes to an end, we’re reflecting on 2018 and celebrating our plans for 2019.

If you’ve chosen not to hire a doula, you might be thinking, “My partner will be my doula.” Well, that’s probably not quite true. Read on to learn whether your partner really can fulfill the role of a doula during your labor.

Decision-making skills usually aren’t listed among the things you need to know as you prepare for birth. But we think they’re actually one of the most important things you need to know! Learn more about why we’ve created a class focused just on decision-making skills for birth and beyond.

Have you ever wondered what it means when birth doulas say they are “on call” for their clients? Read on to learn more about how doulas make sure we’re ready for our clients, no matter when labor happens.

You may have noticed something conspicuously missing from our blog… birth stories. Although many doulas share birth stories on their blogs, we’ve chosen not to. Learn why.

Giving birth in a hospital? If you haven't decided about hiring a doula yet, maybe this will shed some light on just how valuable that assistance can be, even AFTER your baby is born!

If you're wondering if you should ask any of your loved ones to attend your birth, here are some considerations from a doula to help you decide. And if you do decide to welcome loved ones into your labor space, we have some recommendations to help you manage it all!

In this post we share our favorite decision-making tools for labor. We use this with our doula clients at almost every birth!

Doulas reflect on working with families in 2017

Rally your community to help feed you during those early days with your newborn! Here’s a step-by-step tutorial for using Meal Train.