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4 Reasons you don’t think you need a childbirth class (are the 4 reasons you should take one anyway)
4 Reasons you don’t think you need a childbirth class (are the 4 reasons you should take one anyway)

Here are some real things I hear pretty often as a doula AND educator:

  1. I don’t need to take a class because you (my doula) will be at my birth

  2. People have been having babies since the beginning of time, I’m not sure that I need to spend 6+ hours learning how to do something so natural

  3. I’m planning to get an epidural, so I don’t need a class that teaches me how to cope with labor

  4. When I’m in labor I’m going to forget everything I learned in class, anyway, so why take it?

But here’s what all of those reasons look like in reality:…

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General TipsKatherine Morrischildbirth education, birth class, prenatal, pregnancy, doula, lamaze, bradley method, hypnobabies, hypnobirthing, informed decisions, trauma informed care, informed consent
You can do hard things. Even this.
You can do hard things. Even this.

I am grateful for the unique perspective I am granted as a birth worker. There is something so grounding about attending births in this season, remembering that life cannot be stopped. I believe the world could use some more doulas right now; doulas in families, friendships and at work. Fellow humans, willing to sit in an honest acknowledgment of the fullness of our circumstance, reminding us of the value of the pain we are enduring. Someone willing to stand with you and say, “I know this hurts, but remember that you can do hard things.”

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Katherine Morriscoronavirus, covid19, doula, birth doula, birth support, labor, metaphor, labor of love, affirmation, strengthComment
trauma sucks. don't sell your house.
trauma sucks. don't sell your house.

Example: Let’s say A is a female-identifying salesman with a passion for art history and a best friend, and one day, her best friend dies suddenly. Now, not only did A go from being someone with a best friend to being someone without a best friend, but now she’s a female identifying salesman with a passion for art history without a best friend who has come to see death in a very specific and intimate way. So when A gets a new job and has to move cities, you think she takes her job and her hobbies with her, but leaves behind her relationship with death? No way. Whether she knows it or not, this relationship packed its things and hopped on the moving truck in a box labeled “trauma.” But don’t worry, it stuck itself in the back near the keepsakes and holiday decorations.

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Katherine Morristrauma, moving, processing, moving box, boxes, grief, aces, casa, doula, birth doula, labor doula, birth trauma, sexual trauma, physical trauma, emotional trauma, milestones, transitions