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In recent years, the knowledge and use of birth doulas has been on the rise. Newspapers and magazines have been an excellent source of information for new parents who have never heard of doulas before. Here is a growing list of the places I have found doulas in the media. If you know of an article that is not listed here, please comment and leave a link to the website, or the place we can find it and I will add it to the page.
Doulas Offer Comfort to Expectant Mothers, The Courier, September 28, 2009
Doula Targets Challenging Pregnancies, The Herald News, September 16, 2009
A Doula: The MUST HAVE for Expecting Parents , Lunch.com, review by a mother who used a doula, July 16, 2009
Dad’s are Supporting Actors in Labor, Delivery, thedailytimes.com, June 21, 2009
Kelis Wants to Have a Natural Birth, The Insider, June 15, 2009
Raising Awareness of Doula’s in Southwest Missouri, ky3.com, June 14, 2009
Doulas Can Make a World of Difference, The Royal Gazette, June 22, 2009
Do You Doula? Full Moon Sisters, myDoula, and Borne, Inc. May 9, 2009
Beat the odds of a C-section by hiring a doula, Ancaster News, December 19, 2008
Doulas on Today Show, Hamilton Doula, November 20, 2008
Maternity-Care Failings Can Be Remedied With Cost-Saving Fixes, USA Today, October 7, 2008
Looking to nature, doula Penny Simkin practices the art of delivery, Seattle Times, March 23, 2008
Doulas deliver help for birthing moms
Cnn.com, August 7, 2007
Mother’s helper: Doulas Make Birth Better For Some Bay Area Moms
InsideBayArea.com, April 4,2006
Childbirth Connection’s (formerly MCA) Alert to help interpret the NIH cesarean conference, “Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request.”
ChildbirthConnection.org (Formerly Maternity Center Association), Alerts & Responces, April 2005
Delivering Hope- Loretha Weisinger CD(DONA) Dispenses Advice and Support to Chicago ’s Pregnant Teens
People Magazine,Vol.64 No.21, November 21, 2005
DONA International President Susan Martensen Interview About Doulas on Hypnobabies LIVE
Healthylife.net, Jan. 20,2006
Doulas Help Women In Labor Keep to the Game Plan
NorthJersey.com Health, Woman’s Health, Jan. 3, 2006
DONA’s Postpartum Director Responds to Article “The Trend Towards Night Doulas”
Mothering.com Pregnancy and Birth, Midwives and Doulas, Jan.2, 2006
Childbirth Connection’s Response to CDC Cesarean Section Rates
Childbirth Connection (Formerly Maternity Center Association) Cesarean Alert, Nov. 2005
Breastfeeding Saving Six Million Lives Annually, UNICEF
MedicalNewsToday.com Nutrition/Agriculture News, Nov. 23, 2005
Making Childbirth Easier with Doulas, Baltimore Sun, March 1, 2004
ACOG Statement Calling Elective C-Sections Ethical “Downplays Risks of Procedure, Women’s Health Organizations Say”,
KaiserNetwork.org Daily Reports, Nov. 20, 2003
Guardian angels, Guardian Unlimited, Sept. 30, 2003
Dad’s Birth Plan: Plan Ahead for a Less Stressful Birth,
iParenting.com, Dads Today
A passion for pregnancy, St. Petersburg Times, Aug. 22, 2003
Continuous Support for Women During Childbirth, new Cochrane Review through the Childbirth Connection (Formerly Maternity Center Association), July 2003
Certified Childbirth Educator/Birth Doula, The Boston Globe, April 20, 2003
Doulas Create Birth Memories Worth Cherishing, The Canadian Women’s Health Network, January 24, 2003
Lucky Tomaszek The Passion of Birth, Vital Source, October 2002
Listening to Mothers: Report of the First National U.S. Survey of Women’s Childbearing Experiences, Childbirth Connection (Formerly Maternity Center Association), October 24, 2002
Special delivery, Billings Gazette, October 23, 2002
Caregiver Support for Women During Childbirth: Does the Presence of a Labor-Support Person Affect Maternal-Child Outcomes?, American Family Physician, October 1, 2002
Lying in, Canadian Medical Association Journal, September 17, 2002
Doulas provide added support for child birth, The Daily Gleaner, April 8, 2002
The doula difference, Sarasota Magazine, January, 2002
Mother’s little helpers Doulas making life easier for pre- and postpartum women, San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 2001
Social Support By Doulas During Labor And The Early Postpartum Period, Hospital Physician, September 2001 (pdf)
A labor of love: Women turn to doulas for support during childbirth,
Lawrence Journal-World, May 19, 2001
The Doula Difference: North Bay women rediscover the art of helping others through childbirth, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2001
Indivisible Stories of American Community – Stony Brook, NY
One Labor-Intensive Job, Time.com, March 12, 2001, Vol. 157, No. 10
Doulas – Who Are They and How Might They Affect Obstetrical Anesthesia Practices?, American Society of Anesthesiologists Newsletter, October 2000
Doulas Can Improve the Health of Both Mother and Newborn,
Mercola.com, October 2000
Nice work if you can get it, JSOnline, Milwaukee, September 2000
A doula’s passion is “mothering the mother”,
JSOnline, Milwaukee, January 2000
Hand holding for moms, Salon.com, December 7, 1999
Doulas helping pregnant women – and their partners – through labor, Nurse Week, August 1998
Show of Support, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 3, 1998
Paulette Ballas helps women have a successful birth day, San Francisco Examiner, September 1, 1997
