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21/1/2019

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What To Drink When You’re On Call

 
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Being on-call can be a testing time for a doula, particularly if there's a special occasion coming up where you'd usually enjoy a drink (or two!) 

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3/1/2019

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Why Don’t More Women Hire Doulas? | BirthBliss Academy

 
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Each year, around 700,000 babies are born in the UK and yet, I estimate that less than 1 per cent were supported by a doula during birth and/or postnatally.  

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27/4/2018

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Did Kate Middleton use a doula?

 
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​The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their third child on Monday morning and, by all accounts, the baby arrived well and safe at the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital. ​

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6/3/2018

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Doula Of The Month - March

 
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Introducing Jazmine Lecky, BirthBliss Doula Of The Month, March 2018

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18/12/2017

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Become a doula in 2018!

 
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​I can honestly not quite believe 2017 is almost at an end! One of my daughters has just broken up from college and my other daughter comes home tomorrow from studying abroad. I am so ready to turn down the dial on my work and enjoy a slow, restful family Christmas. ​

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6/1/2015

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Reasons for husbands and partners to hire a doula

 
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Childbirth is NOT like in the movies, the water’s break, woman clutches belly, baby born! It’s a little bit more to it than that!  The other good news is that it is nowhere as dangerous or messy as it is portrayed; in fact for someone with a low-risk pregnancy, giving birth is more than 99% safe. ​

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