What is a Doula? and why I want to be one

Hello lovelies,

I was going to start this post with the answer to the question “why do I want to be a doula?”, however, that became a VERY long explanation and I feel I should first address what a doula actually is, before I dive into all that other stuff.

So, what is a Doula?

A doula is essentially a trained support person, there are birth doulas, postpartum doulas and even death doulas.

I’ll be talking mainly about birth doulas for this post.

A birth doula helps support the la...