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Article: Exploring Our Minds and Bodies.(childbirth educator workshop)
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- Special Delivery
- Article date:
- September 22, 1998
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Childbirth Educator, Birth Doula, and Lactation Educator
I recently sponsored an A LACE Labor Assistant workshop in Santa Cruz, California. Beyond affirmation of what I do and a few new tidbits, I expected that the workshop would be more of a rejuvenation for me than a learning experience because I had already been working with women in birth and breastfeeding for about 20 years. I was so wrong!
We had a great mix of women both in age and experience, from their early 20s to their 40s, and from currently practicing labor assistants/doulas to those who had never seen a birth (except on video). All the women were very open to learning and sharing, so things ...