12/31/2025
Words from a wonderful doula, Angelene from because I couldn't say it better.
"The past few births I’ve supported have really highlighted something I feel called to share: the quiet, powerful importance of father support during labor.
Yes,the birthing person is the one doing the unimaginable, sacred work that only they can do. They are the ones riding the waves, opening, creating space for life to arrive. And it is beautiful every single time. But when we acknowledge, encourage, and truly include fathers in the birth process… something shifts. Something softens. Something strengthens. The hormones that help create a safe, loving birth environment flow differently when a partner is grounded, present, and emotionally attuned. And as a doula, I can hold space and do all those things but I can never replace that connection.
There is nothing like seeing a dad step into his role with intention:
• doing hip squeezes without being asked
• remembering what we practiced in prenatal visits
• listening deeply
• reading her eyes and knowing, Okay… this is the moment she means it, wether thats medication, quiet or time to push.
• advocating with love
• offering steady hands, steady breath, steady presence and safety.
Strength to hold every ounce of her while she let’s go completely to make space for the life they created to transition from their dreams to reality.
Birth has a way of peeling people back to their truest selves, and witnessing that sacred exchange between two people who created this baby—waiting together to welcome them Earthside—is one of my softest spots as a doula.
I don’t know, y’all… there’s just something so beautiful about watching fathers love their partners through labor in the way only they can. It’s an honor to witness everytime."
