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Doulas - please check your listing and send any updates to laurel@baydoula.com

List updated 2/8/09


This site is hosted by Felicia Roche

Doula Circle Meetings

Doula Circle update: 

The doula circle will be now be facilitated by Laurel Coates. Meetings will be held the second Friday of the month at The Tulip Grove in Montclair:

2078 Antioch Court
Montclair Village
Oakland, CA 94611

The first meeting at the new location will be April 10th at 11am-1pm. For more information please e-mail Laurel at laurel@baydoula.com.

Upcoming Events

East Bay Doula Yahoo Group

To stay connected to other East Bay Doulas and to send messages easily, please join the Yahoo Group called EastBayDoulaGroup.  To join, go to http://groups.yahoo.com, search for EastBayDoulaGroup, click on the name, then click "Join This Group."


This is the official form of communication for East Bay Doula Circle, however, it is independent from the Circle. Technical questions are through the yahoogroup moderator.

Other Yahoo Groups you may be interested in are:  MountDiabloDoulaCommunity, HighlandDoulas, Marindoulas, doulavolunteers, SF_Bay_Area_Doulas, and BayAreaDoulas.  You can search for and join any of these groups at http://groups.yahoo.com.

Doula Circle Lending Library

If you would like to contribute items to our lending library or if you would like to borrow one of the items listed below, please email doula@Breathe-Esther.org

  • 2007 DONA International Conference CD
    When Pain Becomes Suffering in Labor by Penny Simkin
  • 2007 DONA International Conference CD
    Good Grief: Caring for Yourself After a Client's Loss by Ann Grauer
  • Working Women in Labor DVD
    Created by doula trainer Felicia Roche (    www.feliciaroche.com)
  • 2003 DONA International Conference Audio Tape
    Safe & Effective Maternity Care: Maternity Center Association's Maternity Wise Program and Results of a New Cochrane Review of Effects of Continuous Labor Support by Carol Sakala
  • 2003 DONA International Conference Audio Tape
    The Selling of the Cesarean Section: Madison Avenue Comes to Medicine by Mayri Sagady
  • "New doula business forms" created by Elizabeth Petrucelli CLD 

Doula Links

About

Meetings

  • Meetings:
    The Doula Circle meets three times per month in various locations. All meetings are open to doulas who work in the East Bay.
  • Berkeley Meeting:
    Second Friday of every month, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Meeting location at the Tulip Grove.
  • Postpartum Doula Group
    Third Tuesday of each month, 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Meeting location TBA.
  • Mt. Diablo Doula Community
    Meets the first Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at The Nurture Center (3399 Mt. Diablo Blvd) in Lafayette.

Recent Speakers and Films

  • November 2008
    Virginia Watkins, a certified Nutrition Educator, counsels groups and individuals on how to enjoy food and restore their health. www.vwnutrition.com
  • July 2008
    Cherie Golant, LCSW Pregnancy After Loss Support Group Founder & Facilitator CPMC, Newborn Connections (415) 600-2229 cpmcnewborn@sutterhealth.org
  • June 2008
    Janaki Costello, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant
  • March 2008
    Baby-Led Breastfeeding DVD
  • February 2008
    Naturopath Hasso Wittboldt-Mueller spoke about the use of essential oils during pregnancy and labor
  • December 2007
    It's My Body, My Baby, My Birth - A new film by San Francisco Midwife Maria Iorillo
  • September 2007
    Network Spinal Analysis practitioners Jane Arzt from the Vitality Center in Emeryville. www.NetworkVitalityCenter.com