Are Doulas Needed at Home Births?
Can I be a doula if I only serve women in home birth?
This is a common concern for women desiring to be a doula, but have a bias towards home birth. This question comes with a whole host of other ones, including:
Should a midwife also carry emotional & spiritual support on top of physical support for a woman in labor? Or, is that just a doula’s job? Is advocacy support needed for women in home birth?
Brooke & Lauren share their answers to these questions and their "hot take" on whether or not doulas are needed for home birth.
They also dive into the definition of “doula,” as well as what it really means to advocate for women. They discuss the ultimate importance of knowing your specific role in the birth space, regardless of your title.
Brooke & Lauren share very specific and helpful questions you can ask yourself to discern if you should be a doula in someone’s home-birth space.
They also discuss incredibly practical details. They go in-depth into what support beforehand, during, and after the birth looks like. They discuss how a doula can support or fulfill the specific needs a woman has for support during labor, and how doula support at home may not look like mainstream doula support. They also discuss the delicate subject of how doulas can engage with midwives in the home birth space.
Helpful tools to support moms as a home-birth doula:
Embrace Birth Journey: Christian Home Birth Prep Library
EBJ affiliate application (great for doulas!)
Confidently Called (21 days of mentorship for those discerning if serving in the birth space is for them!)
Connect:
Email us to say hi: [email protected]
Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): https://hearthmotherministries.app.clientclub.net/communities/groups/community/home
Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey
From Lauren:
Midwifery consults: Email [email protected]
From Brooke:
Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)
Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox
Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)
Intro and Outra Music Credit -Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
