Maddie's Musings
My Blog Posts
I love writing, and never more than when it's about stuff I'm passionate about - usually birth, babies and parenting.
Distance Doulaing During Coronavirus: Keeping Contact and Connection
We might be stuck at home, but the wonders of the World Wide Web can bring us together, create and…
Splashing Out on a Doula
Over the years I have read a lot of articles about doulas and whether we should charge for our services…
Mothering the Mother
I’m writing yet another ‘what is a doula and what do we do?’ article. Why? Because I was asked to…
Doula definitions & myth busting
According to the Oxford English dictionary a doula is A woman who gives assistance and advice to a new or…
The Milky Way: Doulas and Breastfeeding Support
This is a longer version of a chapter in my book Why Doulas Matter, published by Pinter and Martin “Some…
Twin Birth – How it CAN Be
A very special, very strong, determined and wonderful client has given me permission to share her story here. After a…
Why Just One Day?
This post is dedicated to all the amazing doulas I know who 'mother the mother', to every breastfeeding support worker…
Why I do what I do: A list
1. Because it all starts in your mum's belly. If you can get a great start there, mum has a…
Study on continuous support in labour
I've just been made aware of this study: http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003766.html It makes clear the benefits of having continuous support from another…
The Power of Placebo
This Guardian article was interesting, with quite a balanced attitude to harmless interventions such as homeopathy. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/feb/06/homeopathy-homeopathic-nhs-placebo-effect I want to…
