BIRTH ADVOCACY: Dads, Doulas and the Importance of Partner Support

By Melanie Grier When we think about advocacy, examples of movements for social change may come to mind before thoughts of how the need for advocacy shows up in our everyday lives, especially if we belong to the dominant culture and generally have less to advocate for. As a cisgendered, white-settler female in a heterosexual partnership living in colonial-Canada, I …

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My Birth Education

The more I read birth stories and talk to other women about their birth experiences, the more I feel I was lucky to have the experience I did.  I’ve realized that, as women, we need to educate ourselves about birth. I wouldn’t have done that if some friends hadn’t pointed me in the right direction. When my husband and I …