ToRAISE Questions Doula Podcast
By Melanie Russell
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Episodes: 104
Description
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.
Questions, feedback, show ideas, want to be a guest?!
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When Your Client's Birth Plan Goes Awry: Ways to Navigate, Advocate and Process... Episode 125
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Back to Back and Overlapping Births: How to Navigate a "Birth Bender"... Episode 124
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Finding Your Path: A New Doula’s Journey from Retreat to Real Life with Rae Thweat... Episode 123
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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A New Kind of Doula Training... Episode 122
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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We're Back!!... Episode 121
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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When Your Client is Also Your Sister... Episode 120
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Dec 20, 2017 |
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A Birth Story... Episode 119
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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Traumatic Birth: A Deeper Understanding... Episode 118
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Nov 29, 2017 |
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A Summer Recap from Thérèse... Episode 117
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Nov 21, 2017 |
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Supporting a Client Desiring a VBAC... Episode 116
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Sep 06, 2017 |
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The Life of A Doula... Episode 115
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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Breastfeeding Part 2... Episode 114
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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Breastfeeding Part 1... Episode 113
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Jul 12, 2017 |
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Reproductive Rights... Episode 112
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Jul 05, 2017 |
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Doula Mentorship... Episode 111
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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A Conversation with Jocelyn Alt About Hospital Doula Programs... Episode 110
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May 25, 2017 |
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Workshops, Life and Birth... Episode 109
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May 18, 2017 |
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Jen Kamel the Creator of the Organization, VBACFacts... Episode 108
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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A Conversation with the Organization Everyday Miracles... Episode 107
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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Case Study- How to Handle a Difficult Client Situation... Episode 106
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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A Conversation with the Creator of a Non-Profit Community Doula Project Part 2... Episode 105
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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A Conversation with the Creator of a Non-Profit Community Doula Project Part 1... Episode 104
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Mar 15, 2017 |
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A Conversation with a Newborn Intensive Care Nurse... Episode 103
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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A Conversation with a Federally Funded Community Based Doula... Episode 102
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Feb 22, 2017 |
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Case Study with Anne Continues Part 2... Episode 101
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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A Conversation with an Active Birth Doula Part 1... Episode 100
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Feb 09, 2017 |
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From Birth Doula to Obstetrician Part 2... Episode 99
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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From Birth Doula to Obstetrician Part 1... Episode 98
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Jan 25, 2017 |
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REPLAY- ToRAISE Classic: Doula Self-Care
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Dec 22, 2016 |
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A Conversation with a L&D Nurse... Episode 97 -
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Dec 14, 2016 |
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Birth Doula Contracts... Episode 96
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Dec 08, 2016 |
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A Gift of Loving Kindness: A Doula Meditation... Episode 95
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Nov 23, 2016 |
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A Conversation with a Herbalist & Nutritionist Part 2... Episode 94
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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Herbalism and Nutrition Part 1... Episode 93
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Nov 10, 2016 |
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Listeners Questions and an Update... Episode 92
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Oct 27, 2016 |
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The Fourth Trimester... Episode 91
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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REPLAY- ToRAISE Classic: How Does a Doula Prepare Their Client for the Realities of Their Birth Setting and Their Care Provider
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Oct 07, 2016 |
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Birth Shame and Birth Shaming... Episode 90
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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Listeners Questions: Foley Bulbs, When To Go + Post Cesarean Support... Episode 89
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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Low Milk Supply... Episode 88
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Sep 16, 2016 |
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Perinatal Loss... Episode 87
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Sep 07, 2016 |
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Case Study- Home Birth to Hospital Transfer... Episode 86
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Aug 31, 2016 |
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Birth Story... Episode 85
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Aug 24, 2016 |
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Placenta Encapsulation... Episode 84
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Aug 17, 2016 |
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How to Support the LGBTQ Client... Episode 83
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Aug 03, 2016 |
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Perinatal Mood Disorders Part 2... Episode 82
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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Perinatal Mood Disorders Part 1... Episode 81
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Jul 20, 2016 |
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Case Study: Rachel from Arizona... Episode 80
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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A Conversation with Cristin Pascucci from Birth Monopoly & Exposing the Silence Project About The 39 Week Induction... Episode 79
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Jul 06, 2016 |
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Designing a Doula Business- What Are Your Options?... Episode 78
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Jun 29, 2016 |
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How To Support a Client with Interventions... Episode 77
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Jun 22, 2016 |
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One Doula's Journey With the Topic of Circumcision... Episode 76
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Jun 15, 2016 |
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The Spirit of Being a Doula Follow-Up... Episode 75
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Jun 08, 2016 |
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Thérèse... Episode 74
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Jun 01, 2016 |
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Melanie's Story of Becoming a Doula... Episode 73
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May 25, 2016 |
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Case Study: Marie Shares Her Doula Boundaries... Episode 72
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May 18, 2016 |
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The Spirit of Being A Doula... Episode 71
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May 11, 2016 |
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The Unforeseen Gifts of Birth Work... Episode 70
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Feb 23, 2016 |
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Thérèse and Melanie Interview Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein- the Creators of The Business of Being Born... Episode 69
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Feb 10, 2016 |
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Case Study: Marcia Struggles with Processing a Challenging Birth... Episode 68
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Jan 20, 2016 |
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What to Cover in a Prenatal Visit with your Client... Episode 67
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Jan 14, 2016 |
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REPLAY- ToRAISE Flashback: Life on Call
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Dec 30, 2015 |
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How Do You Know When It's Time To Go?!... Episode 66
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Dec 11, 2015 |
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Episiotomy vs Tear... Episode 65
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Dec 02, 2015 |
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A Conversation with Midwife Jennie Joesph on Racial Disparity in Maternal Care... Episode 64
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Nov 11, 2015 |
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How to Talk to Your Clients Prenatally About Their Construct of Birth Based on Familial & Cultural Stories... Episode 63
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Nov 03, 2015 |
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Case Study: A Client with 3 Previous Cesareans Attempts a Vaginal Delivery... Episode 62
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Oct 22, 2015 |
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How to Talk to Your Clients About Who Do They Include in Their Birth Space... Episode 61
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Oct 14, 2015 |
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Talking to Your Clients About Their Plans for Older Children Attending the Birth... Episode 60
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Oct 09, 2015 |
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What is it Like, What Does it Take to be the Partner/Husband/Wife of a Doula?... Episode 59
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Sep 30, 2015 |
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How to Balance Your Personal Life with Your Professional Life as a Doula... Episode 58
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Sep 23, 2015 |
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Pelvic Floor Health, A Conversation with Lynn Shulte-Leech, Physical Therapist and Energetic Bodyworker... Episode 57
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Sep 16, 2015 |
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How To Work With A Single Parent... Episode 56
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Sep 09, 2015 |
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Birth Affirmations, A Conversation with Susan Singer... Episode 55
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Sep 02, 2015 |
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How to Design Your Website Home Page... Episode 54
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Aug 26, 2015 |
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Meeting Your Client for the First Time While They are in Labor... Episode 53
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Aug 19, 2015 |
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Preparing Your Client for the Realities of Birth Setting and Healthcare Provider... Episode 52
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Aug 13, 2015 |
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Case Study: How to Have a "Take Charge" Approach with a Client... Episode 51
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Aug 05, 2015 |
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Boundary Lines, Back-up Doulas and Receiving Emotional Support as a Doula... Episode 50
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Jul 08, 2015 |
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What Components Are Vital To Being A Doula?... Episode 49
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Jul 01, 2015 |
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How to Support Breastfeeding in the Immediate Recovery Stage Part 2... Episode 48
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Jun 24, 2015 |
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How to Support and Prepare Your Clients Prenatally for Breastfeeding Part 1... Episode 47
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Jun 17, 2015 |
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How to Find Clients and Conduct a Potential Client Interview... Episode 46
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Jun 10, 2015 |
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American Childbirth: Exposing the Silence, a Study in Documenting Birth Stories Across the Country... Episode 45
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Jun 03, 2015 |
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Doula Burnout... Episode 44
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May 27, 2015 |
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Case Study: Violet Shares a Challenging Birth... Episode 43
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May 20, 2015 |
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Birth as Social Justice... Episode 42
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May 13, 2015 |
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SEO with the Website Doula... Episode 41
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Apr 28, 2015 |
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Virtual Doulas & Working with Hospitalists... Episode 40
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Apr 14, 2015 |
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Case Study: Long Second Stage... Episode 39
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Mar 26, 2015 |
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Hydrotherapy- an Important Tool for Pain Relief in Birth... Episode 38
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Mar 20, 2015 |
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What's in Your Doula Bag?... Episode 37
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Mar 11, 2015 |
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Birth and Loss... Episode 36
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Feb 14, 2015 |
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Back Up Doula Arrangements... Episode 35
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Jan 30, 2015 |
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Working With "Type A" Clients... Episode 34
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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Life on Call... Episode 33
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Dec 10, 2014 |
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Breech Baby + Bicornuate Uterus... Episode 32
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Dec 03, 2014 |
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Facing Blame and Anger from Clients... Episode 31
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Nov 25, 2014 |
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Clients with Unwanted Interventions... Episode 30
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Nov 12, 2014 |
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The Postpartum Doula... Episode 29
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Nov 07, 2014 |
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Competitiveness... Episode 28
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Oct 29, 2014 |
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The Postpartum Visit... Episode 27
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Oct 22, 2014 |
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Collaborating with the Hospital Staff while Advocating for Your Client... Episode 26
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Oct 17, 2014 |
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Prenatal Visits... Episode 25
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Oct 03, 2014 |