Hands off Doulaing?
One of a doulas most used tools is the healing comfort of touch but sometimes even the slightest touch is too much for a sensitive, laboring mom. What’s a doula to do? I’ve attended a few births where my touch was the only touch the mom wanted in labor. She would swat at her husband or her mother if they tried to lay a comforting hand on her, but I was allowed and even begged to touch and keep touching. But sometimes, there’s been that rare occasion when the woman wants absol
