04/11/2025
Doulas aren’t the problem!
There’s been a lot of talk about legislating doula support in the Australian media recently. I don’t think this will have the intended effect of keeping women and babies safer. Instead I see it reducing the number of doulas. And those that are working outside of their scope? It won’t change their behaviour but it may well push them more into the margins.
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Governments would do better to consider why many women choose to free birth. For the majority it’s because the services they want are not available or they’re scared to give birth in their local hospital due to previous trauma. How about fixing those issues?