Labor & Birth

This category is an incredible resource for learning about pregnancy, labor and childbirth. You will also find great articles about becoming a childbirth educator and teaching childbirth education classes. To learn more about becoming a labor doula or childbirth educator contact ProDoula today!

Doula Support: What No One is Able To Teach You

Most of the time, doula support descriptions involve visions of loud or conspicuous actions: Significant position changes Noticeable actions like …

Water Birth: What’s in the Water?!

Moan and Tone.  You know the sounds…the ones that tell you it’s a good time to get your client in …

The Peanut Ball: A New Snack or A Tool for Birth?

Peanut ball? You’re a doula so there’s a good chance you are familiar with what a birth ball is. You …

Vernix: I said hold the cheese!

This conversation may make things between you and your morning bagel awkward and I’m sorry for that, but there’s no …

VBAC & TOLAC, Same or Different?

Ahh… The ever confusing acronyms associated with birth… VBAC and TOLAC, they’re sisters but not twins. …

I Teach Childbirth Education – I’m a Birth Expert!

When I meet aspiring doulas I’m asked how to get into this work, and my answer is simple… Teach Childbirth …

Labour Denial

Labour Denial: The act of being in labour yet not actually believing you are. The following is an example….

Perineal Repair – Numb or Not?

The baby came out through the vagina, the placenta passed through shortly after, and now there may be a need …

Men, Grateful Jolly Giants?

I am, through and through, a woman’s woman, in the same way that the Brawny paper towel guy is a …

Gentle Cesarean Section – Largely a PR Campaign

In 2017 Good Morning America did a segment on Gentle C-sections. They introduced their audience to more options for families …