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Amy I. Catania Doula, Birthing From Within® Mentor and Anti-Violence Advocate

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Rachel Dolan Wickersham CD(DONA), LCCE Doula,
Midwife in Training and Doula Trainer

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Who Is ChicagoDoula?

So Amy is trying to get me to blog. I have to say, I have never considered this and am not so sure how good I’ll be at this. I’m only here because she has the smarts and the drive to get us both here. Maybe I can start by giving you the [...]

A Doula's Doula

Holly Barhamand is a mother, doula and childbirth educator in Chicago and is also one of my real life, everyday heroines. Holly was one of the doulas at my labor with my second baby and has since become a wonderful mentor and friend.

Whenever I need to work something out about teaching childbirth classes or have [...]

CNMs, CPMs and DEMs...Oh My!

Note: This is a first post by doula extraordinaire, midwife-in-training and legislative advocate, Rachel Dolan Wickersham. Amy and Rachel are thrilled to begin our work as a team to bring ChicagoDoula to you in its new format as a collaborative birth blog. Enjoy!

I’ve had a lot of requests for a basic primer on the different [...]

Changes

I have embarked on the process of re-working this website and blog together with fellow doula and activist Rachel Dolan Wickersham, the original ChicagoDoula (at AOL dot com). Please have patience with me/us as the posts are fewer and further between while we develop ChicagoDoula into a resource we are both excited about and think [...]