Ever since I began supporting woman in childbirth I have been surprised at just how many woman are scurrying around at the last minute looking for a doula. I have been called on several occasions by mothers-to-be who are in need of booking a doula ASAP because their due date looms ahead of them.
There may be many reasons for this. Some mother’s don’t realize how important it is to have a doula on their birth team until they are about to give birth and all their friends want to know who they decided to use for a doula. Other mother’s have no idea what a doula is until she gets close to their due date and begins to ask more questions about what a birth experience might be like. And still, other mothers just get caught up in their busy schedules and then {smack} the fact that they are about to have a baby nearly hits them in the face. [Read more…]