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What is an Advanced-Trained Doula?
An Advance-Trained Doula (sometimes called a monitrice)Â is someone who is professionally trained to provide some clinical skills to a...
Magdalena Hunsaker
Sep 81 min read
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How is a Doula Different from a Midwife or Nurse?
A midwife is a primary care provider, while a doula is an expert in labor support. A doula stays with you, helping to guide you and your...
Magdalena Hunsaker
Sep 82 min read
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Will a Doula Replace my Partner?
Doulas and partners make for a support dynamo! Doulas know birth; partners know the laboring mother. A partner can wear a lot of hats:...
Magdalena Hunsaker
Sep 81 min read
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Doula Support in the Hospital Setting
Whether your hospital birth is planned, or is the result of a transfer, I’m trained to help you have the most positive experience...
Magdalena Hunsaker
Sep 82 min read
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Doula Support for a Planned Home Birth
In the weeks leading up to your birth, we will meet to talk extensively about your hopes, fears, and desires for your birth. While you...
Magdalena Hunsaker
Sep 81 min read
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Doula Support for a Planned (or Unplanned) Cesarean
If you are a mother delivering by cesarean, you will need lots of support. As a mom who has had a C-Section myself, and supported many...
Magdalena Hunsaker
Sep 83 min read
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