Community Doula Support Provides Families With Education, Empowerment, and Love with SisterWeb

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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.

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Alli Cuentos, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, SisterWeb

“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

 

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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Resources HelloGaia Parenting CopilotFREE DOWNLOAD Customizable Birth PlanFREE DOWNLOAD Customizable Fourth Trimester PlanPostpartum Soups and Stews Collection | Postpartum Support Collection

Recommended Books The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother(related podcast episodes featuring the authors of this book are Seven Factors That Influence The First Forty Days and Four Relationship-Saving Questions To Ask Before Baby Arrives) | Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years

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