In Support of Labor Support
You already know and believe in the power of women to birth their babies in an empowering environment. You help to create this environment through your important role as a doula or birth educator . But what happens when you are a part of a birth that "goes wrong", or off the birth plan? What happens when your client is unhappy with her "performance" or her experience? Guilt, fear, disappointment, shame, blame, feelings of ineffectiveness, old memories of your own birth, can all resurface and create all kinds of problems . This is a big deal...Because this is your heart-work . This hits home in a personal way. We carry these experiences forward into the next birth experience. We carry these experiences into our home life, our marriages..our effectiveness as birth practitioners. Worst of all we can internalize these feelings , allowing them to get caught in our psyche, our patterns, attach them to other feelings, our business or personal relationships. Co