What does BD stand for?

Birth Doula (childbirth)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Then there is the birth doula which is being there for the birth, reassuring the mum, supporting the dad.

Midwives are starting to realise that doulas can provide a different ...

Any ALACE member * who refers someone to an ALACE training program--the Labor Assistant/ Birth Doula training or the Childbirth Education Program--will receive a $50 ALACE gift certificate ([dagger]).

Introducing the ALACE Refer-A-Friend Program

A birth doula is usually set by an agreed price - normally about pounds 400, but in some parts of London doulas charge between pounds 800 and pounds 900.

Your Life daily: What is a doula?

However, she does admit "In most cases, birth doulas are helpful to laboring women, many doctors say.

Letter to the Wall Street Journal

Certification is becoming increasingly recognized as the standard in the field, and we want to make sure that ALACE Labor Assistants and Birth Doulas are well represented in the numbers of certified labor support professionals.

ALACE encourages certification. (Go Ask ALACE)

Ashley Marshall is a birth doula, La Leche League Leader, and is currently training as a Childbirth Educator with ALACE.

Fully bloomed: a lotus birth story. (Pregnancy & Birth)

This effort, dubbed Operation Special Delivery, was created by Patricia Newton, a birth doula in southern New Jersey.

Volunteer labor support for military families. (Labor ...