Doula work is heart work, it’s a calling that we get and there’s no turning back. For many of us though, when we do our training, we learn the ins and outs about birth, birth settings, physiology, interventions, etc. and if we’re lucky some things about starting a business, and then we launch ourselves into the world full of excitement and passion and ideas….

Doula work is heart work, it’s a calling that we get and there’s no turning back. For many of us though, when we do our training, we learn the ins and outs about birth, birth settings, physiology, interventions, etc. and if we’re lucky some things about starting a business, and then we launch ourselves into the world full of excitement and passion and ideas….

Doula work is heart work, it’s a calling that we get and there’s no turning back. For many of us though, when we do our training, we learn the ins and outs about birth, birth settings, physiology, interventions, etc. and if we’re lucky some things about starting a business, and then we launch ourselves into the world full of excitement and passion and ideas….

Doula work is heart work, it’s a calling that we get and there’s no turning back. For many of us though, when we do our training, we learn the ins and outs about birth, birth settings, physiology, interventions, etc. and if we’re lucky some things about starting a business, and then we launch ourselves into the world full of excitement and passion and ideas….

Doula work is heart work, it’s a calling that we get and there’s no turning back. For many of us though, when we do our training, we learn the ins and outs about birth, birth settings, physiology, interventions, etc. and if we’re lucky some things about starting a business, and then we launch ourselves into the world full of excitement and passion and ideas….

Doula work is heart work, it’s a calling that we get and there’s no turning back. For many of us though, when we do our training, we learn the ins and outs about birth, birth settings, physiology, interventions, etc. and if we’re lucky some things about starting a business, and then we launch ourselves into the world full of excitement and passion and ideas….

I’ve spoken to a few other birth workers lately about the way we manage being/living on call for long periods of time and how important it is to take breaks from on call life from time to time.

I thought I would share a little about what this looks like for those who may not understand, either people wondering what it’s like to be a birth-worker or even wondering what the on call fee is for in your contract…