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6th Doulas convention in Paris, May 30th, May 31st and June 1st 2008
PASSAGES : Wise Women’s Tales
On line registration and program
DOULAS : THE EUROPEAN DOULA GUIDE
In January 2006, the Association Doula de France created a discussion list to
link up all doulas throughout Europe. In 2007 we though it would be of interest
to publish an accurate report on the European situation: number of organisations,
number of practicing doulas, their activites and their statistics, the type
of courses on offer ...
With this report, available to all, not only it will be easier to inform and
to facilitate networking between organisations, parents, health professionals,
government funded institutions but it will also help to the creation of a European
Doula Organisation and a core training course.
The Association Doulas de France aims are to promote and provide to parents
continuous, physical, emotional and educational support during pregnancy, labour
and birth, and the postpartum period. We are also developing a network of doulas
to share experiences, knowledge, support each other and improve conditions around
childbirth.
We have over 185 members (May 2007).
Furthermore we endeavour to:
* support and inform women and parents, respecting their choices and their culture
* facilitate the mother-baby relationship
* highlight the necessity to respect the fundamental needs of the mother and
the child
* promote the physiological process in childbirth and breastfeeding
* help prevent maternal difficulty, post-natal depression, ill treatment, to
minimise their impact on the whole family
* support and create networks in the doula field
* encourage women to women support
* provide a going back to work opportunity for women
The members of the committee are all co-chairs. They are women who, since 2003,
work on a voluntary basis. New members have since joined the team to help with
specific projects and tasks of the Association.
 Doula
event in Paris, May 19 & 20, 2006 : Passing On Childbirth Tales : NEW
Report
and pictures / Program
Europeans
doulas project
Welcome to our site Doulas France. It aims is to promote and provide to parents
continuous, physical, emotional and educational support during pregnancy, labor
and birth, and postpartum. We are also developing a network of doulas to share
experiences, knowledge, support each other and improve birth conditions.
They are very few of us today in France. Most people still don't know what a
doula is or does, while her role has been accepted in many other countries.
We are currently translating our site in english, german
and spanish.
You can already find informations in the english
FAQ page.
NEW : Choices for childbirth - Both medical
and physiologic pathways to make your choices for the birth of your child.
You can find a doula here. English
speaking (or any other language) doulas are mentioned specifically so that you
can find them easily.
You can also visit our links page (Most
of them are in English)
Women supported by a doula during labor have been shown to have:
. 50% reduction of cesarean rate
. 25% shorter labor
. 60% reduction in epidural requests
. 30% reduction in analgesia use
. 40% reduction in forceps delivery
From The
Doula Book : How a Trainer Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier
and Healthier Birth
Second edition- by Marshall, Phyllis Klaus and John Kennell (Perseus Press,
2002)
This website was originally created by 4 experienced women in the field of
birth support. We believe that today doulas are part of the answer to birth
issues in our country, together with making the parents voices heard. We're
all working towards making labor support becoming a reality in France.
If you wish to participate in this website, or if you have any questions please
contact us : info@doulas.info.
Please allow for some delay in getting an answer as we do it on a volunteer
basis.
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