The quote below sums up what I think is one of the most important aspects of the doula role. It is critical, exciting, and soul satisfying to work with birthing women in a way that helps create strong, empowered, know-they’re-rockstars mamas.

If you’re a mama-to-be, make sure that everyone you choose and allow to be part of your birth makes you feel all of those things. You wouldn’t set off to run a marathon with anything less than a team of coaches and sideline support who 100% believe in your ability to rock it out. This is your marathon.

via jdoughty:

the moment a child is born,
the mother is also born.
she never existed before.
the woman existed, but the mother, never.
a mother is something absolutely new.
- rajneesh