{"id":66,"date":"2026-04-11T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-05-17T20:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T02:15:52","slug":"our-doulas-doulos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/?page_id=66","title":{"rendered":"Our Doulas\/Doulos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NorthernCODoulaCohort-1-1024x572.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" style=\"width:590px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NorthernCODoulaCohort-1-1024x572.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NorthernCODoulaCohort-1-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NorthernCODoulaCohort-1-768x429.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NorthernCODoulaCohort-1.jpeg 1186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Douloi Types Have Expanded &#8211; We&#8217;re All Here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the United States, doulas were first recognized in only the birth field prior to the 1930&#8217;s, as they worked with midwives to provide home births before hospital births became the norm (1). However, the concept of the support role then expanded into postpartum and since the start of the Death Positive Movement in the early 1970&#8217;s, death doulas\/doulos came on to the scene (2) and helped expand into even more fields and titles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Abortion, Adoption<br>Birth, Postpartum<br>End-of-Life, Death, Hospice, Bereavement<br>Fertility, Menopause<br><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">And More!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Full Spectrum<\/strong> (preconception, birth, abortion, miscarriage, adoption, and postpartum)<br><strong>Threshold Doula<\/strong> (birth and death)<br><strong>Womb Doula<\/strong> (fertility, pregnancy, loss, and menopause)<br><strong>Radical Doula<\/strong> (advocacy work for under-served communities)<br><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">And More!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/?page_id=15\">Calendar<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nocodoco.org\/?page_id=45\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/explore\/stories\/historical-significance-doulas-and-midwives\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/explore\/stories\/historical-significance-doulas-and-midwives\">The National Museum of African-American History and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orderofthegooddeath.com\/death-positive-movement\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.orderofthegooddeath.com\/death-positive-movement\/\">The Order of the Good Death<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douloi Types Have Expanded &#8211; We&#8217;re All Here! In the United States, doulas were first recognized in only the birth field prior to the 1930&#8217;s, as they worked with midwives to provide home births before hospital births became the norm (1). 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