A doula ? A birthworker ? A birthkeeper ?

I must admit, it can be quite confusing nowadays. This role of accompanying women and birthing people on their journeys towards motherhood and parenthood. This role which has existed for ever because that’s how we used to give birth in the past too: surrounded by women, by those who were there for us, who believed in us. This role goes way back, into pre-historic times.

Doula, birthworker, birthkeeper…those are titles, but what do they mean ?

Über die Entstehung des feministischen Frauengesundheitszentrums Berlin, vaginale Selbstuntersuchungen und warum wir uns mehr Geschichten erzählen sollten.