Tags archives: post-partum-doula

Postpartum Doulas in Brazil: Supporting Mothers in a Cesarean Culture

Brazil calls me, often, in every sense of the word. I am Brazilian, originally from there. And I am an advocate for natural birth here in Los Angeles. I own a birthing education[...]

Alisa's Top 3 Picks for Baby Products

My #1 baby product....well it isn’t really a product, but I see it as CRUCIAL! 1. A Post Partum Doula 2. Breast pump 3. Baby sling My #1 baby product pick isn’t a product at[...]

Birth Day with Val: From Inspired to Inspiring

Becoming a doula really started when I was working as an EMT for an ambulance company on the Central Coast of California. I had the opportunity to go into the OR with a respiratory[...]

So the Baby is Here, Now What?

By Alisa Donner, MSW, LCSW, Co-Founder P.A.M. Anna and I used this title in one of our Expert Panels at this past May’s Kick-off Event for Pregnancy Awareness Month® on May 1st [...]

The Incredible and Well Worth Investment of a Post-Partum Doula

The word doula has gained incredible popularity in the past decade. The joke in big cities is not if you have a doula but WHO is your doula. Women have become familiar and embraced[...]