Do you know? This is a question I get a lot in my personal life when I meet new people. The simple definition put out by my certifying agency, ProDoula is: “A trained person without emotional attachment to the family, offering supportive services in an unbiased, nonjudgmental way. This is done in exchange for a
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Here in the Pikes Peak Region you have a lot of choices when it comes to doulas. At any given time there are 20-40 birth doulas in Colorado Springs/Denver to choose from and 5-10 Colorado postpartum doulas. That seems like quite the range, doesn’t it? There are several reasons the numbers vary so much. The
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If you are pregnant or planning to be pregnant in the near future, you are probably wondering things like, “How do I find an OB in Denver,” “Are there home birth midwives in Colorado Springs?” “Can I have a midwife in a Colorado hospital?” All of these are valid things to be thinking about, but as a
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This question instantly makes me think of the above quote I read about a year ago. Preparing for birth can be compared to planning to climb a 14er (a mountain over 14,000 ft). It’s hard work. It takes planning, determination, endurance, and stamina. You wouldn’t just take off on a climb without any preparation. A
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