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Community birth, doulas, and activism

The term “community birth” will bring to mind different images for different people. You may think of what birth looked like some time ago before hospitals got involved. You may...

DTI’s EDU Childbirth Education: How Are We Diff...

Simone Toomer, CD/CBE (DTI), LC I am a DTI doula and will soon be a DTI childbirth educator. As a Lamaze-certified educator, you might wonder why I chose to certify...

Chestfeeding Through Dysphoria

Designed by Cheyenne Varner for DTI’s CBE Program Pregnancy can be tough on anyone. The constant physical growth alone throws some of us into a dysphoric frenzy that lasts years!...

The Slow Doula Method® for Postpartum Doulas

  One of Doula Training International’s (DTI) fundamental teachings is the Slow Doula Method®, or SDM®. SDM® is a tool that we can all use to help us in times...

A Father’s Love

I thought my love for my husband had reached capacity until I saw him love our daughter. His love for her began way before the day of her birth. The...

Postpartum Doula Work: Expert Affiliate Intervi...

When you’re getting doula certification with DTI, we offer birth and postpartum work together because we believe the two experiences are intrinsically linked and should be taught together. Of course,...