Doulas

By Sophie Brigstocke Over at The Naked Doula where we did an Instagram takeover recently, we asked people to share the myths they had heard about doulas, The most common by far were:  Doulas are expensiveand Doulas are a luxury, not available to most people  Given that we talk about the power of language a great deal on our doula courses I really want to dive into that word ‘luxury’.  When I was pregnant for the first time the only person I knew who had recently had a baby was […]

Are you considering a pain relief-free birth? It can be off-putting when people dismiss this […]

Sophie chats about birth plans after reading two very differing opinions about them recently.  What […]

Did you know that  doulas support ALL births? Did you know that doulas support caesarean […]

Sophie challenges a GP’s recent assertions that doulas charge “extortionate prices”.  She considers the value […]

2018 – 17 years since Doula UK was founded, nearly 10 years after the establishment […]

Sophie Brigstocke talks about the relationship between midwives and doulas, the question most parents ask […]

Sophie Brigstocke explores the media furore around midwives having to back down over promoting “normal […]

Sophie discusses some of the challenges facing breastfeeding mothers and how getting qualified support and […]