S1 E13 | Do I really need a doula? Birth and postpartum support
Do I really need a doula?
In this episode of Oops Parents, we sit down with Shanay, also known as Shanay the Doula. She’s an internationally certified, English-speaking doula in Berlin, and we asked her what a doula actually does and how that support differs from a Hebamme (midwife) in Germany.She describes herself as “a professional friend who knows a lot about birth”, and in the postpartum weeks, as a mother-in-law without the emotional baggage. We loved both of these expressions because they are comforting. We talk about:
What a doula does before, during and after birth
Doula or Hebamme?…
The skinny
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