text: You’ll be providing continuity of care, ensuring that your mother-to-be has access to a friendly, knowledgeable face during her pregnancy, birth and as she takes her first steps as a new mother.
  During pregnancy you’ll use your experience to help answer questions, and listen with a non-judgemental ear, whilst your client shares any worries or concerns.
  Where there is an important decision to be made (e.g. ‘Where should I give birth?’ or ‘Do I really need a planned cesarean birth.”) you’ll help to explain all the options to your client, along with the pros and cons of each. Your job is to guide, nurture and support. But never to judge or push a mother towards something she doesn’t feel comfortable with.
  You’ll also be there for the mother-to-be throughout her labour and birth, providing physical, emotional and mental support.
  It’s important to note that although some doulas are medically qualified – ex midwives for example – you do not have to hold a medical qualification to be a doula. This means that this rewarding career is open to women from all walks of life and can be pursued at the right time for you.
  “The most important attribute for women who want to be a doula is a genuine passion for birth and how they can help make it best possible experience for new mums, dads and their babies.” Sophie/Florence