Sophie’s sharing a story she’s read on a public forum from a Mum whose family are telling her to stop breastfeeding. How can doulas help when friends and family members are wading in, often given unsolicited and non evidence-based advice?
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Click here to watch Sophie’s video blog on Breastfeeding Support and preparing antenatally for feeding.
Sophie talks about how we can set ourselves, with the media’s help, unrealistic expectations when we become parents, which can in turn promote anxiety, feelings of dissatisfaction or self doubt.
Click here to watch Sophie’s video on preparing for having a baby in your life
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Sophie challenges a GP’s recent assertions that doulas charge “extortionate prices”. She considers the value of doula support, how it breaks down and how doulas can actually end up saving you money!
Click here to read Nurturing Birth doula Paula Cleary’s response to the same article in the BJGP.
Click here to read Father and Comedian James Mullinger’s article on having a doula at the birth of his children.
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