124 | Biased doulas for biased moms, finding the right doula, with Sydney Taylor

Part 2 with Sydney Taylor. The conversation with Sydney continues as she shares how her birth experience led her to birthwork and becoming a homebirth midwife. We talk about being doulas who only take on clients who want unmedicated births and the benefits, to both client and doula, of showing your biases as a doula.

In this episode we discuss:

-How being a mother prepares you to be a doula more than any doula training program

-The affirmations we love to hear from dads in the birth space.

-A doula for every woman doesn’t mean doulas have to support everyone and the types of doulas we wouldn’t hire.

-Taking every birth client, even when it’s not a good fit, just because you can support them often leads to burnout, doulas leaving birth work, and bad google reviews.

-Doulas who are unapologetic about their biases will find the right clients and this is exactly how Sydney is booked out for the year.

114 | We crashed a formula marketing meeting, the Back Off Bobbie campaign, with Natasha Vargas-Cooper and Andrea Haskins
100 | Becoming a self taught doula

92 | Inclusive language is excluding your main audience, DONA and La Leche League’s inclusive language policy is erasing women, with Dr Sarah

70: Doula certifications suck, with Kallie Caton

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