A doula once again…

by Gail Tully | Oct 25, 2010 | doula

Sometimes I ponder if a birth I attend will be my last one. I don’t know, I’ve always been on the verge of some ending or another. This summer God gave me another chance and so did a mother from Wisconsin. Well, actually, I asked her if I could be her...

breech elephant born

by Gail Tully | Sep 12, 2010 | breech, doula

Elephants also have a doula with them during birth. A smart zookeeper knows this. A breech baby elephant was born with the help of doula-elephant Num-Oi in the Melbourne, AUS zoo.I remember hearing about and watching Raja’s birth in the St. Louis zoo some years...

Should I try for a natural birth?

by Gail Tully | Mar 14, 2008 | cesarean or natural, doula, fear of childbirth, labor pain, pain in childbirth, second birth

The first questions you may ask yourself when you are deciding whether you want a natural birth or not, is likely to be,Can I handle the pain?Another question is, Is the baby positioned so he/she will fit? Or, simply, Will the baby fit?(You may be wondering, how can...

The New York Times doula article rebutal by Susan Lane

by Gail Tully | Mar 12, 2008 | doula, NYT doula article, Susan Lane

Pamela Paul’s article in the Sunday, March 2 Times (“And the Doula Makes Four”) left out key points. One is that it’s very easy to find out if a doula is certified, because the agencies such as DONA International that certify doulas offer an...

Doulas as the key to continuous care

by Gail Tully | Apr 14, 2007 | doula

A mother told me this story. Her baby was a couple weeks old. The birth went well, but now a fever and redness on her breast worried her. She called her midwife who wasn’t clear about what it was. Whatever she told her to do may not have been enough, or soon...