Hello fellow bloggers. I need you to help me brainstorm.
Recently I completed a course as part of my certification process to become a DONA certified birth doula. Many of you may be familiar with what a birth doula is, some of you may even have used a birth doula for the birth of your children, and then there is probably many of you that have never even heard the word doula before. A birth doula gives continuous emotional and physical support to a woman and her spouse before, during and after childbirth. The word doula is greek meaning woman caregiver.
As I am in the process of becoming a certified doula I need to come up with a name for my business. Here are some of the names of doula services in our area: A Loving Embrace, DouLA Birth Partners of LA, BEST Doulas, Baby Zen, Family Doula, Personal Doula, Sacred Passage, Reflexology, Quantum Touch, Synsational Births, etc.
So I'm asking for your help in coming up with a good business name for my doula services. Any ideas?
A few more words on what a Doula is: (this comes from the DONA Birth Doula Workshop Manual, What is a Doula?)
"A birth doula...
....recognizes birth as a key life experience that the mother will remember all her life...
....understands the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of a woman in labor.....
.....assists the woman and her partner in preparing for and carrying out their plans for birth....
......stays by the side of the laboring woman throughout the entire labor........
......provides emotional support, physical comfort measures, an objective viewpoint, and assistance to the woman in getting the information she needs to make good decisions....
.....facilitates communication between the laboring woman, her partner, and clinical care providers.....
....perceives her role as one who nurtures and protects the woman's memory of her birth experience."
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Spoken in a Schwartzenegger voice from Kindergarten Cop: "It's NOT a Doula!"
Sorry, just the first thing that came to mind.
Hank says "Ma Doula Oblongata." I say something a little more serious like "First Awakenings," or "First Care," etc. What a cool job, I know doulas are in high demand. Good luck!
Baby Love, A Mother's Touch, Labor of Love (get it? labor?), Labor Day, New Life
Hmmmm, I like Tyler's best. But here's a couple more:
Doula Diddy (doo-wah diddy...)
I can't believe it's not Doula
Better than Le Leche league
Rhymes with Moola
Coola' Doula
and my number 1 idea (that you can have for free)
My Big Fat Greek Doula
that guy nick is ridiculous.
Sweet Pea, Baby Send...I draw a blank after those.
momoko - you don't know the half of it! :)
How about 'monkey see, monkey doula?"
I can keep going...
Actually Jess, the wife of a friend from a previous job did the Doula thing for sometime (I did her website for her way back when). She's out of it now, but surprisingly I actually knew what you were talking about!
Good luck with whatever you decide to name it. :)
Jess - I am terrible at coming up with names. I asked my friend Amy so maybe she will come up with something cute. Have you decided on any names yet and how is everything coming?
My roommate suggests either "Bear With Us" or "Bear With Me"
So - I really liked Lobor of Love (Ashley's idea) but then I read in a magazine last night that the man who was pregnant wrote a book and called it Labor of Love. Anyways, I just thought that was a little interesting.
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