toRaise Questions Doula Podcast
The toRaise Questions podcast offers thoughtful, unfiltered conversations for doulas and birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, elevate their practice, and uphold the integrity of birth work.
Each episode features insights from experienced professionals in the field, helping you grow with intention and purpose.
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- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2017
Episode 43 - Case Study: Violet
Violet, an experienced birth attendant calls to talk to Therese and Sarah about a client who has trouble relaxing into labor and how best to support her.
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Episode 42 - Birth as Social Justice
Thérèse talks to Sarah about her view of birth as a human right and a civil right, and the role of birth workers in supporting those rights.
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Episode 41 - SEO with the Website Doula
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Episode 40: Virtual Doulas & Working with Hospitalists
Therese takes a question about setting up a virtual doula practice, and Sarah and Therese talk about working with hospitalists.
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Episode 39 - Doula Case Study: Long Second Stage
Therese and Sarah talk to Anne from Baltimore, who is still working to process a difficult birth from several months ago that involved a number of interventions and a very long pushing …
Episode 38 - Hydrotherapy
Sarah and Therese talk about how water can be used effectively in a labor for pain relief and even labor augmentation.
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Episode 37 - What's in Your Doula Bag?
Therese and Sarah go over some of the items and tools that might be useful to take to a birth at a home or a birthing center and prioritize those items that are most useful.
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Episode 36 - Birth and Loss Part 1
Sarah and Therese talk about helping clients face the potential for loss in birth.
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Episode 35 - Backup Arrangements
Therese and Sarah talk about working with a backup, financial arrangements with other doulas, and situations you may face that would necessitate a backup.
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Episode 34 - Working With "Type A" Moms
Jenny from Michigan joins Therese and Sarah to talk about supporting type A moms who have a hard time letting go and surrendering to labor.
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Episode 33 - Life on Call
Being on call is one of the hardest aspects of doula life. As we head into the busiest holiday season in the US, Therese and Sarah talk about how to deal with being on call, practically…
Episode 32 - Breech Baby, Bicornate Uterus
Therese and Sarah talk to Terri, a doula in San Diego who has a client who wants to try to VBAC with a breech baby and a bicornate, or heart-shaped uterus. Therese helps Terri sort out …
Episode 31 - Facing Blame and Anger from Clients
Most doulas will eventually have a client who is angry at them, whether fairly or unfairly. Therese and Sarah talk about how to handle being blamed for something you feel is not your fa…
Episode 30 - Clients with Unwanted Interventions
How to talk to and support clients after a birth that didn't go as they planned and how to balance your vision of how the client's birth went with theirs.
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Episode 29 - The Postpartum Doula
Sarah and Therese talk to Erica, an experienced postpartum doula about the role of the postpartum doula in supporting families.
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Episode 28 - Competitiveness
Sarah and Therese discuss the realities of competitive attitudes in birth work especially among doulas and midwifes.
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Episode 27 - The Postpartum Visit
Sarah and Therese discuss the importance of the postpartum visit.
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Episode 26
Sarah and Therese discuss ways for doulas to work constructively within the hospital setting to make sure their clients' voices are heard.
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Episode 25 - Prenatal Visits
Sarah and Therese discuss prenatal visits.
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