Doula-la Notes 💌

Dear First name / friend,

My last newsletter was at the end of January, and here are some of the things that happened in the past two months:

-A baby boy has arrived. We had a lovely postpartum session, full of going through the basics. The mother needed the most help in babywearing, and she is able to wear her baby safely now. Check out my blogpost about the tips to learn more.

-I started working and met with 3 new couples, one of whom was preparing for a planned cesarean birth. You can read about it more below.

-We had an in-person meeting as founders of the Turkey Doula Alliance. Such a precious moment after many months. They are my doula sisters.

-We had the first meeting of the Turkey Doula Alliance with all doulas who wanted to learn more about what we do, what we aim for. This was a very successful meeting, and we welcomed our first and new members.

-I had many international meetings with colleagues around Europe to talk about options for collaboration.

-I worked actively with the European Doula Network's (EDN) newsletter team, and finally it is ready to be sent with its new version. If you would like to sign up to get news from doulas across Europe and beyond, here is the link.

-I am so honoured to announce that I will continue my volunteer work at EDN as one of the three core-organisers. My work there really fulfills my heart with love and compassion.

-The EDN documentary has been released. You can watch this docuseries here. Learning about doula work is a contribution to the whole world. It is not only for pregnant women and doulas. It is for everybody. Please feel free to share.

-Not only did I work, but I also got to meet many friends and travel. I visited an art exhibition at Pera Museum in Istanbul.

Getting Prepared for Cesarean and After

*The awareness of getting prepared for a cesarean is wisdom. Birth requires preparation independent of the birthing type. Last month, I was so happy to teach ‘’Getting prepared for a c-birth and afterbirth'' Cesarean has its cons and when you learn about those, you learn the ways to recover. This helps you and your baby have a smoother experience and a healthier start. You learn your possible preferences for cesarean. Yes you can have preferences in cesarean! It is also to get prepared to afterbirth, as the mother will be recovering from a major surgery where she will also be taking care of a baby.

New Blog Post Online

My article about the EDN conference in Madrid last year is now available on my blog page. I never had time to finish writing it, but I started months ago, right after the conference. Having worked with the EDN Newsletter, as we were collecting articles, this has served as my motivation to publish this post at last. While reading it, I hope you find it enjoyable and get to feel the doula love.

“Birth is vast and multifaceted; radiant and mysterious. Birth contains multitudes, and through her we birth our multitudes. We give birth to our hopes and our fears, to our ecstasies and our agonies, to our joy and our disappointments. We give birth to our babies, each one perfect and radiant. We give birth through our instincts, and we give birth to our instincts. We give birth to our capacity for instincts, which will match us perfectly with our babies, who are, and always will be, instinctive creatures. May we all be blessed through instinctive birth.”
 
—Sarah Buckley
Midwifery Today, Issue 147, Quote of the Quarter
 

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME INTO YOUR JOURNEy

Ayşegül

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