See also:

• Health: Professions: Midwifery  (208)

• About.com Pregnancy and Birth Stories - Contains stories about doula births.
• Arizona Doulas Organization and Birth Education Association - Offers information on doula services, workshops, referrals to Arizona childbirth professionals.
• Becoming a Doula + Motherstuff - Information on steps to becoming a doula.
• Birth in Hungary - Everything about birth and the fight between the doulas of Hungary and the Hungarian government for the right of giving birth at home.
• Birthing Options Childbirth Education and Services, LLC - BOCES is a Christian training and certifying organization. We present workshops to equip ladies desiring to serve expectant and new mothers and their families as doulas, monitrices, and childbirth educators.
• Childbirth Solutions - A site designed to educate and inform women about choices in childbirth. Search for a Doula on this site.
• Doula Network - Search for doulas by city or state.
• Doula World - Searchable, interactive directory that lists doulas, midwives, lactation consultants and childbirth educators throughout the United States.
• Doulas of North America - Explains the role of the doula, doula training and certification. Includes directory, board of directors and list of regional representatives, and conference information.
• DoYouDoula.com - Informational site by Rachel Gurevich.
• The Holistic Birth trust Foundation - Offers training courses for women wanting to work holistically in the areas of menstrual and sexual health, pre+conception care, conscious conception, pregnancy and birth education, breastfeeding and post+partum support and as Doulas. Includes a practitioner listing, news and details about the courses.
• Hula Doula - Weblog of a woman working towards becoming a doula.
• Long Island Association of Labor and Postpartum Doulas - Organization founded to provide support and educational opportunities for Long Island doulas. Seeks to expand awareness in the general and healthcare community about the positive benefits doulas bring to birth.
• MarernityWise - Postpartum Doula Training. A training and certifying body for those who desire to work with new families, as well as a current directory of MaternityWise doulas. Includes training dates.
• MFRC Doula Program - Contains information about the program that provides any woman in the military community or public with a professional doula.
• MotherLove, Inc. - Provides information on training, design and consulting to create a pre+natal doula program for your community or hospital. As well as in+service topics on alternative comfort techniques and childbirth classes.
• Northeastern Illinois Doula Association - Formed for local support to area doulas.
• Optimum Birth - Provides certificate courses for doulas. Courses are independently accredited and graduates gain direct entry to the doula register. Download a demo and enroll online.
• Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS) - A membership organization that supports, develops and promotes doulas in the Puget Sound, Washington area. Providing free referrals to certified labor doulas and committed to finding a doula for every woman who wants one, regardless of ability to pay.
• Paramanadoula - Details about the Paramana Doula Course offered by Dr. Michel Odent. Includes dates and locations.
• The Utah Doula Association (UDA) - Provides referrals for parents hiring a birth or postpartum doula. They also offer professional support for doulas and aspiring doulas.
• What is a Doula? - Offers a definition of what a doula is.