Community Doula Support Provides Families With Education, Empowerment, and Love with SisterWeb
Fourth Trimester Podcast Episode 167: Community Doula Support Provides Families With Education, Empowerment, and Love with SisterWeb
Community doula support can change how you experience pregnancy, birth, and the fourth trimester. In this episode, you’ll learn how having the right support in place can help you feel safer, more confident, and better equipped to navigate real-life challenges beyond your birth plan.
Marlee-I Mystic and Alli Cuentos are co-executive directors of SisterWeb and experienced birth workers leading a community-based model of doula care that centers advocacy, connection, and whole-family support.
“Community doula support isn’t just about your birth plan. It’s about everything happening around it.”
— Alli Cuentos, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, SisterWeb
About SisterWeb
SisterWeb is a network of culturally congruent community doulas and birth workers who work to ensure pregnant people from these communities have access to fair and equitable doula care and that their community doulas receive the tools, skills, and mentorship to succeed in careers as professional birth workers. All doulas are supported by expert doula mentors to enhance their professional development and provide guidance.
Marlee-I Mystic, Co-Executive Director, SisterWeb
“Birth is one moment, but families need support before and after, too.” — Marlee-I Mystic, Co-Executive Director, SisterWeb
Full Show Notes
Why Birth Support Matters 00:42
What A Community Doula Really Does 13:21
Speaking Up During Birth 16:36
Beyond The Birth Plan 19:35
Community Doula Support In Action 22:19
You Are Not Meant To Do This Alone 46:29
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