Pregnancy and Doulas
My work as a doula is an incredible priviledge to me and what a way to make my year than to find out my sister is once again pregnant. This brings to three the number of my closest friends who are expecting. Kerry, my cousin, is expecting her third; Sherry-Lynn, a close friend, is expecting her second; and my sister Tracy is expecting her second as well.

It is rare, now that I am not doulaing full-time, that I am not hired as soon as the pregnancy test is positive. I am usually one of the very first to find out about a pregnancy in many cases with repeat clients, sometimes even finding out before the father. This is a testament to my abilities I am only to assume, so why does it bother me that the one doula who has been like a monkey on my back since she chose to take and use my business name as her own, despite a signed contract between us, should advertise herself as the only certified doula in Lloydminster? It isn't a personal slight, I no longer care what she thinks of me or my business. Rather, it is a slight against every pregnant woman and every doula in Lloydminster because it is a bold and outright lie. How are women to trust their doulas, or even want to hire a doula, when they see first-hand her lies in print? What does that say for all doulas, especially in a field where trust is integral, during the most life-changing time of their lives? It says that doulas are cut-throat business people akin to the reputation of used car salesmen... and that leave a very large lump in my throat and a very deep cut to my heart. How could anyone do this to such a precious occupation?