Connie Sultana Doula Training & Services

10/16/2025

I may start teaching this to my clients this as a way of bonding with baby

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09/25/2025

Extraordinary day as a room full of of doulas and Department of Health workers gathered to coordinate care

09/18/2025

Bay Areas Doulas - join us each month for sweet support

09/18/2025

Strongly recommend Bay Area doulas join in the sweet support of the Marin Doula Circle each month. Here’s last night Add 10/23 and 11/20 to your calendar.

09/15/2025

Kaiser Santa Rosa - links are not clickable in this post

08/29/2025

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08/23/2025

Sonoma and Marin doulas - this can help

08/23/2025

08/20/2025

Important time to connect with Kaiser Santa Rosa as they reach out to welcome doulas but also are going through changes to their midwifery structure. Note the new location in this notice.

08/15/2025

Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa has decided that starting in January, they will no longer provide 24/7 midwifery care.

This means:
* Sick calls will not be covered by another midwife.
* Maternity leaves will not be covered by another midwife.
* There will be multiple days every week with no midwife present in Labor & Delivery.
This decision was not made with the input of midwives and comes after they voted to unionize.

Research proves that midwifery-led care delivers safer, healthier, more satisfying births:
* Preterm birth rates are 24% lower when care is led by midwives.
* Families cared for by midwives are less likely to need epidurals, instrumental births, or emergency Caesareans, and enjoy higher rates of spontaneous vaginal birth.
* Early miscarriage and newborn death rates are lower in midwifery-led care.
* Cost savings: Midwifery care is consistently linked to reduced healthcare interventions and spending.
* Emotional well-being: People cared for by midwives report greater satisfaction, more control, and positive birth experiences.
* No increase in adverse outcomes for newborns; midwives improve results without compromising safety.
Midwives are more than care providers. They are data-driven, collaborative, holistic partners in health. Many families choose Kaiser specifically for midwifery care. Removing them puts our community’s birth experiences and outcomes at risk.

Please show your support by emailing Patricia.x.hiserote@kp.org about this decision. Please include personal stories of how a midwife at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa impacted your birth, or if it will impact your decision to birth there in the future.

These midwives are skilled, collaborative, intelligent, and compassionate care providers and our community needs them.

08/01/2025

Come to the doula breakfast at Keiser Santa Rosa! https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=xHuKPzfjpUeg_A1RLA4F8XtkMWZJofxHnNtX3a5t6gxUOE1IOVhIVllJSE5FV0RENjQyRzc0RUFaWi4u&fbclid=IwY2xjawL5_Y9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFlUVkzdGNKTlloc2tteFM0AR4vKy9NFxNeHJQP6pKAW2FTE9wsM8hxTO9c6mxzwKQbdQBb1KUPJsC1U8vwqw_aem_LZ9FYWPijlFfivrTveriVg&route=shorturl

07/29/2025

A chance to dive deep into the science, stories, and skills for supporting community birth. Sign up for Birth Outside the Box, a free online series where world-class birth experts to share ideas, swap stories, and shift paradigms:

Studies, Stories, and Skills for Supporting Birth Beyond the Hospital - a FREE Online Event