A Birth Story- Brought to you by The Doula Project

I'm a member of The Doula Project, an budding organization dedicated to "supporting women across the spectrum of pregnancy." It's an incredible organization- the founders are expanding the definition of doula so that we might reach out to women in need of all kinds of reproductive support. We offer free birth doula services to women who cannot otherwise afford it, we support women emotionally and physically during abortion procedures, and we offer birth doula services to birth-mothers choosing adoption through the Spence-Chapin adoption agency.

I joined last summer when I had lots of cover letters and no job, was uncertain about taking the leap of becoming a doula, and basically needed to be involved in something other than writing cover letters and being uncertain about becoming a doula. Fortunately, joining the Doula Project was one of the best decisions I ever made, and has enriched my birth doula work in truly profound ways.

Last February, one of the "5 in 15" births was a volunteer birth I took on through The Doula Project. One of the founders asked me if she could post the birth story I wrote for my client on The Doula Project website's blog. I changed names, my client gave me the go ahead, and it's now up on their site! Take a look here: http://www.doulaproject.org/news/birth-story.html