Question #3: Why Am I a Doula?

[ahavah]

I love this question!

In this post, I touched a little on some of the crises that happened around the time I learned I was pregnant. I followed my intuition to the Unity Center, where I really reconnected with Spirit and found a spiritual family

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[ahavah]

Oh, thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. You sound like you will be a great mama!

I didn't actually know I always wanted to be a doula. A mother, yes. I suppose once I heard of doulas, I knew I wanted to be a part of that. There is nothing more fantastic than being invited into someone's birth experience.

I think my mother's birth stories effected me as well. I know for sure that's why I had the birth *I* wanted. She was the first to share 'war stories'. That shouldn't be what birth's about. I heard her say, "We had no choice then." How can a woman not have choices? It's not right.

I can honestly say that I didn't feel ready to become a mother when I did. We do not have the financial stability, and I was younger than I meant to be. But all things happen for a reason, and my life has only changed for the better since we had our family. But I still can't wait until I get to choose and plan for my next one! LOL I also have always felt that I need to adopt, but I need to be in a much better place before I can do that. I feel like I'm meant to be a surrogate mother, too, but I'm still talking the Beloved into that one.