Certified doulas trained through International Doula Institute offer non-judgmental support. We know the struggles that moms go through. In fact,  most of us are also moms. So we know all about the sanctimommies first hand.  Many of us became doulas because we experienced so much judgement in the early days. From our mother, from our mother in law, from our sisters and sisters-in-law and our facebook friends and our church friends and the list just goes on and on. Everyone has an opinion about how you should raise your children. And often times your best friend and your moms advice are exact opposites!

Sanctimommies. We all know at least one, but hopefully you’ve unfollowed her on Facebook. She does everything better than you, is more conscious, her kids eat and sleep better, overall she’s just a better mom, right? Well, the Facebook version of her is, anyway. Follow http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sanctimommy on Facebook for hilarious posts that will keep you sane in a world full of bat shit crazy moms. Here are ten of their best posts. | From momsbelike

So how do we as moms step away from the sanctimommy wars?

Enter Doula Versus Sanctimommy.

Having a doula present in the home during those early days is so helpful. At International Doula Institute, we put a very high importance on non-judgemental support. We aren’t your best friend, we aren’t your mother in law.  All of our doulas are trained to understand how to best present educational materials in an unbiased way, fairly presenting all current information regarding parenting styles/choices and hot topics debate so furiously. So we won’t be telling you how to parent, we will present information to you and  provide you encouragement in your own parenting voice and choice. We are their to walk by your side through your parenting firsts.

Forget the mommy wars and parent your way.

Source: The Ten Most Sanctimommy Posts Ever

Last month the ACOG announced it’s partnership with Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) join their efforts to help lower the maternal mortality rates in the US. According to the article, “the U.S. was one of eight countries where maternal death rates worsened between 2003 and 2013”.

The organization AIM is accepting applications for state awarded funds to reduce these poor outcomes.

Mark S. DeFrancesco, MD, President of ACOG says, “ACOG has long recognized the need to address maternal mortality in the United States, and our practice recommendations present a wide variety of tactics to improve obstetrical outcomes,”

The main focuses of this program are targeting childbirth complications such as severe hypertension, hemorrhage, venous thromboembolism and lowering the low-risk primary cesarean birth rates. On that note, and of much interest in the doula community is the statement put out by ACOG last year(2014) in which ACOG urged it’s constituents to utilize the services of birth doulas to help lower the primary cesarean rates.

Source: Leading Health Organizations Launch State-Based Care Programs Through the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health – ACOG