Jul 29, 2026
Birth trauma is more common than most doulas realize. Most doula trainings are not preparing doulas to spot it.
In this episode, I sit down with Jamie Bodily, MS, LPC, to talk about what the research actually says about how often birth trauma happens, and why the numbers are higher than most people assume.
Our...
Jul 16, 2026
Most doulas were taught that oxytocin is the love hormone.
It's also the hormone that initiates and sustains the labor and birth process.
That's true. And it's only part of the story.
Oxytocin bonds us to our people. It also makes us wary of everyone else. The same hormone flooding a laboring person's body is running a...
Jul 2, 2026
For doulas, fetal positioning and pelvic anatomy are topics most training programs introduce but don't fully explore.
You were likely taught the four pelvic types. Did you know that classification system is almost a hundred years old and modern research tells us pelvic shape doesn't work that way.
The pelvis has three...