Am I in labor? As this classic scene from Friends illustrates, this is exactly what happens when a woman goes into labor: She feels a twinge of what may be a contraction and that means labor has started. It’s time to panic! The baby is coming. NOW! There will probably not be any time […]
What we love!
Thank you to Amber A. from Wyoming for answering the question: What do you think you will love the most about being a doula? “I think what I will love most is watching the transition into motherhood and being supportive. I wish I would have had a doula when I had my son. There is […]
How Emotional Intelligence Can Boost Your Career — And Save Your Life
Emotional Intelligence for the Doula By understanding your emotions, you can move adeptly through your current challenges and prevent future ones. Source: How Emotional Intelligence Can Boost Your Career — And Save Your Life The above statement is why we teach Emotional Intelligence here at International Doula Institute to all of our new doulas. “Decades […]
Parent Magazine
Parent Magazines’ Holly Pevzner interviews Aliza Bancoff, founder of International Doula Institute about postpartum doulas: “There once was a village. Then there was just you and your partner. But today, more and more new moms are discovering a somewhere-in-between solution that involves hiring a care specialist for the baby (and new mom) to help out […]
What we love about doula work!
Ally tells us what she looks forward to when she finishes doula certification! Thank you for sharing with us Ally!! “The wonderment of life between a new or existing family seeing their faces as life once again changes them with unconditional love for their new life that has entered their little world. I’ve been with […]
Sanctimommies versus Doula
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 […]