03/15/2026
Thank you
and for highlighting what doulas, especially Black doulas, face when we go into hospitals that don't want patients to know their rights or have doulas advocating for them. This isn't an isolated event. This happens all over the country, including in Charlotte. But we continue to show up for the families we serve.
"The system and government agencies love to promote doulas when it makes them look good.
They’ll quote the research.
They’ll talk about how doulas improve birth outcomes.
They’ll proudly say doulas help families have positive birth experiences.
But let’s talk about what just happened.
Two doulas were escorted out of a hospital for advocating for their client…
A client who was speaking for herself.
Let that sink in.
Doulas are celebrated in marketing materials, but when advocacy actually happens in the room, suddenly we’re a problem.
Suddenly we’re “disruptive.”
Suddenly we’re “interfering.”
Suddenly security is called.
You can’t promote doulas as the solution to better birth outcomes while punishing the very advocacy that makes doulas effective.
Advocacy is not aggression.
Advocacy is not interference.
Advocacy is supporting a client’s voice in a system that too often ignores it.
If hospitals truly value doulas, then doulas shouldn’t be escorted out for doing the job they were hired to do.
Promoting doulas while silencing them in the birth room isn’t collaboration.
It’s control.
I SAID WHAT I SAID!!"
