Comments | ahavah: Question #3: Why Am I a Doula?

ahavah

Question #3: Why Am I a Doula?

Apr 14, 2006 15:18

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 ( Read more... )

me, birth, eden, doula, memes, pregnancy

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fierceawakening April 14 2006, 19:57:34 UTC

I'm memorying this because it's awesome.

ahavah April 14 2006, 20:04:23 UTC

I'm so glad you think so! Thank you; that means a lot to me.

fierceawakening April 14 2006, 20:10:30 UTC

It's beautiful. :)

reiki_evolution April 14 2006, 22:58:36 UTC

That was a really interesting read... I've always felt that I want to be a mummy as well, I don't have any big career aspirations like some people! Like wanting to be some big shot company owner... more natural everyday things interest me.

I know very little about doulas- it sounds so interesting.

ahavah April 15 2006, 01:14:42 UTC

I still have my goals and dreams, but I just have to take much smaller baby-steps to get there for the time being. :)

I'm glad you're finding my posts about doulas interesting. If it's something that intrigues you, you might enjoy checking out my archives for posts tagged 'doula', 'birth', or 'pregnancy'.

reiki_evolution April 15 2006, 08:53:09 UTC

Thanks- I'll do that :)

om_mani_padme_ April 15 2006, 02:38:52 UTC

What an awesome entry ( ... )

ahavah April 15 2006, 03:34:24 UTC

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

nedia782 April 15 2006, 03:21:12 UTC

Always lovely to read things where people are being positive about themselves and their choices. Congrats on getting to where you are today, a lot of birthing women are much better off now :)

ahavah April 15 2006, 03:35:03 UTC

Thank you so much! That's so sweet of you to say. *blush*

nedia782 April 15 2006, 03:45:01 UTC

If you were closer you'd be on my birth call list :) I think that when women are called to a birthing profession, rather than just stumbling across it is when everyone benifits, especially the women giving birth :) All the girls I know who got called are amazing, the ones I know who just DO it, they could stand to retire or take some more classes ;) but you didnt hear that from ME!!

ahavah April 15 2006, 13:19:11 UTC

I don't see how anyone could get into that profession if it wasn't a passion. But then again - I think every job should be a passion!

I wish I was closer. That's the best compliment I could get!

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ahavah April 15 2006, 13:24:16 UTC

Yeah, the thing people seem to forget is that if you hire any car provider - OB, family phyician, midwife - they work for you. Hospitals are really consumer-driven. If more women spoke up for what they wanted, more options would be available.

I mean, I had to look around for the hospital near me that would 'let' me have the experience I wanted. So many women just don't do their research. If you're not taking a proactive stance in your own birth experience, how can you get mad when you don't get the experience you want?

Oh, I have such itchy fingers. I've gotten Eden's birth story started, but I can only work on it a little bit at a time. Must hurry... LOL But I have family in town, so it may be a while.