31/08/2025
Part 2 -
Birth doesn’t begin with labor, it begins long before. Every woman is different, every family is different, every birth is different, and that is the beauty of this work.
Being a doula means more than showing up for the moment of birth. It means walking the journey — through solid birth education and body preparation, emotional presence, and partnership.
This week reminded me of this so deeply. Every Mama I work with has different fears, different desires, different bodies, different histories, different homes waiting for their baby. And there is space for all of it.
My work is not just teaching about the stages of labor. It’s walking alongside women through pregnancy — helping them prepare their body, move through emotions, clear fears (it’s ok to have them), build trust, and learn how to communicate and advocate for themselves.
And when birth comes, I am there as many things:
🐣 A steady presence.
🐣 A bridge between family and staff.
🐣 A translator of language and options.
🐣 A set of hands — sometimes literally holding a monitor in place so there’s no false emergency. Or squeezing literal life out of her pelvis
🐣 A teammate, working together with the staff who learn to trust me as we create the best possible outcome.
And yes, sometimes I’m literally standing on a bed rocking hips, crouching in the shower, holding up a birth ball so it doesn’t roll, or letting a woman lean her entire weight on me with one leg on my shoulder. Who needs the gym? These births were workouts in themselves. 💪🏋🏻♀️
I do this work because I CANNOT not do it. Because people inspire me. Because birth holds too much beauty and power to resist.
And because every time a new life comes into the world, I am reminded again why I love what I do.
