Bursting With Excitement & Gratefulness
Here's my doula journey so far. I am currently floating on cloud 9.
In 2006 I first decided that I'd like to become a doula in the future, but I wanted to have children first and I was mid-PhD so the timing just wasn't right, but I felt this pull towards it and like my life would really start when I started a doula course. We TTC'd throughout 2006 and in June 2007 found out I was pregnant. I took leave from my PhD to enjoy my pregnancy. I gave birth to my baby in February and while enjoying my babymoon began looking into doula courses.
I thought I would have to do something by corrospondence, but decided I wanted to do a class in person so that I got out of the house and connected with other women, and thankfully found a place that was happy for my baby and partner to come to classes with me so that my baby could be with me, or if she needed to be walked around to sleep my parnter could wear her in the wrap and go for a walk nearby. I started classes in July and every class is one of the best days of my life - a group of women sharing their passion and experiences and talking birth birth birth.
The day after my frist class a friend I had made through an online forum asked me to be her doula. She was 35 weeks pregnant and had decided not to have her midwives anymore. She wanted to homebirth her bub with just her family and me present. I couldn't believe how blessed I was to have such a special woman/family/opportunity come to me. At 42+2 after 31 hours of labour her son was born in their kitchen just as she had planned. It was an everyday miracle that we have all been smiling about since. That was in September.
Then tonight a woman who I have known for a year told me that she and her husband were beginning ttc number three. She's an amazing woman. Her first birth was a 68hour labour in a birth centre all natural, her second birth was at home, just her and her husband and daughter. Knowing what an amazing birth their unassisted was (it had inspired me throughout my own pregnancy and birth) I was absolutely blown away when tonight she asked me if I would be their doula for birth number three! 
I'm feeling overwhelmed with gratefulness for these blessed opportunities. How heartwarming is the "work" that we doulas do. How priviliged are we to be welcomed into a woman's birth space to witness her power?! I can't beleive how fortunate I am.
Thank-you universe for leading me to this sacred place 
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BirthKeeper & Servant - Inspired by Ilithyia, learning from the International College of Spiritual Midwifery (my blog)
Mother of one - Lotus born in water at home without a midwife (the full story)
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Jaiela 5/25/98
Jenai 7/04/03 
Jasmine 6/16/07
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