02/03/2018
So, this is new, I’ve never written a blog before, however I was the queen of diaries and journals as a child and teenager so it can’t be to different, right?
Let’s begin by me starting to tell you who I am and why I doula.
For those of you reading this that either don’t know me personally, or who don’t know me well, or maybe you think you know me well and want to know what the heck this doula thing is and why I want to do this, well than this post is for you.
From a very young age I have always been intrigued by anything to do with pregnancy, birth and babies. While most kids would fake sick and stay home to watch their favourite cartoons or The Price is Right, I was the kid who would be glued to the TV to watch shows like A Baby Story, Birth Day, and was probably the only kid who didn’t squirm at the birth scene during the lovely documentary, I believe titled The Miracle of Life, or Life’s Greatest Miracle…. something along those lines.
Flash forward roughly twenty years and I am in a career that I thought was meant for me, Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:00, evenings, weekends, holidays and summers all to myself. Couldn’t ask for more, right??? Wrong…so I still had the interest I had as a child but felt a little weird that I was so interested in it but hadn’t been or wasn’t pregnant myself, I knew I needed to satisfy this intense need to learn more and be part of this pregnancy and birth world. So, what did I do, I googled careers in pregnancy and childbirth; of course, the first thing that comes up is Obstetrics and Midwives and I knew that was not the path I wanted to take so I kept scrolling until I came across the word Doula. I clicked because I hadn’t heard that word before and it opened up a whole new world to me. Next step, I googled the word Doula and the town that I live in, which luckily for me connected me with one of our fearless Doula Training Canada leaders who was kind enough to sit down with me and answer a million questions about the Doula life, and the rest my friends is history.
Now remember how I said that it felt a little weird that I was so intrigued by this whole area of my life in which I had no personal experience? This is something that I struggled with for most of my Doula adventure so far, but in chatting with other doulas I have come to feel that not being through a pregnancy and birth myself isn’t a negative thing and it took being told a few times for it to really sink in. I won’t compare myself to the people I support and won’t carry any birth baggage of my own. Then when the time comes and I do have some personal baggage of my own, well that will be a whole new learning curve and a whole new blog 😊 In the meantime I will keep these affirmations in mind while I continue on this adventure.
I exude confidence, I am bold and outgoing
What I have to offer is enough and I am worthy of success
I hope you’ve enjoyed learning a little more about me and this adventure I am on, please don’t hesitate to reach out, and be sure to tell your friends who are having babies of their own about your friend the doula!
Take care, be kind and have fun!
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