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Birth for Humankind

The beautiful bond between mother and doula.

When asked what she finds most challenging about being a new mum, Aamiina* replies with all the new-mum challenges you would expect to…

4 min readMar 26, 2019

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The beautiful bond between mother and doula.

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Birth for Humankind

A doula or three and a cup of tea…

What do you get when you put three doulas in a room with a voice recorder?

4 min readMar 21, 2019

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A doula or three and a cup of tea…

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Birth for Humankind

Have Faith.

We want our team of volunteer doulas to be as diverse as the women we support. Meet one of our new bicultural doulas-to-be.

9 min readMar 28, 2018

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Have Faith.

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Birth for Humankind

Double Doula-ing

Each pregnant woman faces unique challenges in accessing the support she needs and sometimes the support of one doula is not quite enough.

12 min readMar 27, 2018

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Double Doula-ing

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Birth for Humankind

Transforming birth

Doula and childbirth educator Tanya Strusberg gives us her take on why doulas are such a valuable part of our maternal health system.

14 min readMar 26, 2018

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Transforming birth

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Birth for Humankind

The extra hand that we needed.

Stories can show us that we are more similar than we are different. Each woman, and each family, has a story. This is Yasmin and Maxmud’s.

10 min readMar 25, 2018

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The extra hand that we needed.

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Birth for Humankind

Every mother needs a village

Endlessly curious, exceptionally talented and humble are a few of the ways we would describe this amazing woman.

8 min readMar 24, 2018

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Every mother needs a village

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Birth for Humankind

Rey of sunshine

Meet Reyyan — one of our newest bicultural doulas. Passionate, intelligent and fiercely stylish, her story is a must-read.

12 min readMar 23, 2018

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Rey of sunshine

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Birth for Humankind

Blazing the trail

Being a relatively young organisation means that you get to have lots of ‘firsts’. But how about your first client-turned-doula?

8 min readMar 22, 2018

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Blazing the trail

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Birth for Humankind

Lifeline.

Imagine, even just for a moment, what it would be like to give birth in a country where you know no one.

4 min readMar 22, 2018

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Lifeline.

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Birth for Humankind

Birth for Humankind

We are a non-profit providing free pregnancy and birth support & education to women experiencing socio-economic disadvantage.

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