East Bay Doula Circle

East Bay Doula List:

Download east_bay_doula_circle_list.pdf

Doulas - please check your listing and send any updates to jenheystek@sbcglobal.net. 
List updated 6-17-08

Doula Circle Meetings

JULY

Berkeley meeting:  Friday, July 11th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Waddle and Swaddle (1677 Shattuck Ave) in Berkeley.

Postpartum meeting:  Tuesday, July 15th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Waddle and Swaddle in Berkeley.

Hayward meeting:  Monday, July 28th from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the home of Sylvia Boyd in Hayward.  Meeting topic is rebozos.  Bring your favorite rebozo to share tips and tricks about how to use them during labor.  For more info, call 510-538-3679.

AUGUST

Mt. Diablo meeting:  Wednesday, August 6th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at The Nurture Center in Lafayette.  Topic is blessingways.

Berkeley meeting:  Friday, August 8th from 11:00 to 1:00 pm at Waddle and Swaddle (1677 Shattuck Ave) in Berkeley.  Speaker will be Cherie Golant, founder and facilitator of the Pregnancy After Loss Support Group at CPMC.  She will be leading a discussion on how doulas can support families giving birth to a stillborn baby, the grief process, and how to support parents during a subsequent pregnancy after loss.

Postpartum meeting:  Tuesday, August 19th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Waddle and Swaddle in Berkeley.

Hayward meeting:  Monday, August 25th from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the home of Sylvia Boyd in Hayward.

Upcoming Events

UC San Diego Lactation Educator Training
August 7-8, 2008
CPMC, San Francisco, CA
For more info, visit http://www.breastfeeding-education.com/

Evergreen Perinatal Lactation Educator Training
September 8-12, 2008
Berkeley, CA
More details coming soon

BALA Breastfeeding Conference
September 19-20, 2008
Berkeley, CA
For more info, email SWAGconferences@aol.com

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."

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 jenheystek@sbcglobal.net.

• 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