

Aliza Juliette Bancoff
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Holidays and Doula Work
As we continue through the holiday season, it can be difficult to navigate the holiday season while working as a doula. Holidays and doula work...

Top Tips For A Positive Postpartum Doula Visit
As a postpartum doula, your visits will all be unique. Afterall, no two families are alike, and needs will vary visit to visit. However, there...

Doula Contract – What Do You Need in a Contract?
At the International Doula Institute, we strive to ensure our students are fully equipped to work as doulas. This often means basic business understanding. A...

Five Tips For Your Best Doula Prenatal Visit
As a doula, your big day is the birth. However, part of helping clients have a positive birth experience is prenatal preparation. Knowing how to...

Walmart Covers Doulas For Employees
In an ideal world, every birthing family who wants a doula should have access to a doula. As birth workers, I know we would all...

Birth Trauma – Doulas and Secondary Trauma
As a birth worker, we know that birth almost always unfolds well. However, we also know that birth trauma is real. Whether the trauma is...

Labor and Delivery Nurse Shirley shares her experience with the Postpartum Doula Certification Program
Thank you Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse and Certified Postpartum Doula, Shirley McArthur for sharing your experience!

Top FIVE Natural Methods of Pain Relief During Childbirth
Top FIVE Natural Methods of Pain Relief During Childbirth 1. Breathing and Relaxation Techniques Deep Breathing: Deep, focused breathing can help reduce stress and pain....

Exciting News: International Doula Institute has been Approved by Michigan Medicaid Doula Initiative Providing Free Services for All Medicaid Covered Birthing People
In a landmark move towards improving maternal and infant health outcomes, Michigan has announced the approval of a Medicaid Doula Program that will require Medicaid...

I have three kids, what is doula training going to teach me that I didn’t learn from them?!
Today we got an interesting question that in many many years of doula training, I don’t think we’ve ever gotten before, and I thought it...