The Amazon reviews are unanimous!
Birth Ambassadors is a “must-read,” “amazing,” and a “great study” that provides a “refreshingly candid and accurate look at the complexities of both doula-ing and doula-training.”
Get your copy now and join the doula trainers below who value this sociological perspective on labor support in the U.S.
I was actually in the middle of teaching a Supported Birth Doula Training when I saw
this book had arrived. It is fantastic! No “re-inventing the wheel” book about doulas,
but a refreshingly candid and accurate look at the complexities of both doula-ing and
doula-training. The inherent inconsistencies we must face and deal with when learning
about a model of birth and then going out to support most women who are NOT having
that model of birth, and why it is so important to acknowledge this, not judge the clients,
and live in the dilemma. I immediately started reading passages out loud to my trainees
before I could even read the entire book. Also, the truth and dilemmas about the fact
that it is a “profession” without any license, real doula stories such as “doula doubt,”
and what doulas DO NOT/should not do. I sent out an email to the 80 doulas I have
trained over the years and told them it’s a must read!
Birth Ambassadors is essential reading to understand, prepare to be or find a doula.
We are beginning a transition in maternity care around the world, as women take back
their power in childbirth. Doulas gently support and help women and their partners to
advocate for themselves and their baby. Doulas are the missing link in our broken
maternity care system and Birth Ambassadors provides the knowledge, personal
stories and insights to inspire the change that will bring balance and nurturing to this
special time in a woman’s life! As a doula and doula trainer for 30 years, Birth
Ambassadors made me cry, smile and cheer! Birth Ambassadors helps us to
understand and reclaim the role of female companionship, caring and touch in
maternity care.
Birth Ambassadors tells the the “other” side of the maternal health story in America.
For the last 30 years the maternal health care system in American has become a model
that relies on technology and largely disempowers women at it’s best, while poorly
serving them at it’s worst. Thankfully, along the way, a small army has been evolving to
provide an alternative to this discouraging trend – enter birth doulas. Christine Morton
has written an amazing book that gives us a picture of maternal health in the last 30
years through the eyes of a group of women who have stood up and stated ‘there is
another way to bring humans in to our world and I’m going to support birthing-women
in this endeavor.’ These women acknowledge that birth can be a powerful rite of
passage in a woman’s life with much to be gained if a birthing woman is truly supported
on her path. BIRTH AMBASSADORS is a must read for any doula, childbirth educator,
midwife, or birth scholar.
This book seems to be the first study about doulas, and what a recognition we get!
The authors wrote an amazing document which covers the origins of the profession in
light of the historical changes in maternity care in the States, the role definition, the
training and practice of the doulas , as well as the challenges and difficulties of this
profession. As a practicing doula for fifteen years, I was moved by the recognition and
the deep understanding of the importance of doulas as birth caregivers in the modern
world. Thank you Christine Morton !
christinemorton.com 
Thanks to all for the fabulous reviews! So proud to have worked with Christine Morton on this important book and so pleased it is making such an important contribution to the literature of women’s health, childbearing, etc.!