more than 20 questions for Ginny from a client.
29 Questions for Ginny
Doula Mother
- Where did you grow up?
- Do you have children/ grandchildren of your own? How many and what are their ages?
- What is a Doula Mother : what is your involvement with pregnancy & Child birth?
- What did you do for a living before becoming a Doula Mother?
- Why did you decide to become a Doula Mother?
- When did you have your first experience as a Doula Mother & what was it like for you?
- Was there anyone or some reason which inspired you to enter this line of work?
- How did you become a Doula mother, does one need special qualifications and where did you study?
- What do you feel is one of the most important aspects of being a Doula mother?
- When should parents to be contact you for your services?
- Where do most of the births you help with take place – home or hospital?
- Why do you think natural birth is so much better than a medical birth or C-section birth?
- What are the main concerns most people have with natural or home births?
- Can everyone have a natural birth?
- Is there an organisation which Doula mothers must registered with?
- Currently how many registered Doula mothers are there in natal and country wide?
- What must one look for in a person when hiring a Doula mother?
- How many Doula babies have you delivered so far?
- Where do you most of your clients/ families come from?
- What is your involvement with the parents during pregnancy and what kind of follow up do you have with the parents and babies after the birth?
- How closely do you work with the Doctors / hospitals & gyno's during pregnancy, the birth and with the after care?
- How do the Dad’s deal with the whole Doula / natural birth movement?
- What do you have planned for your future as a Doula mother?
- When you have some spare time to yourself what do you like to do?
- How do you keep up with what is going on in your business – are there Doula mother conferences / work shops etc?
- Are south African’s open to the idea of natural birth?
- Which nation do you think are most open to natural births & Doula mothers?
- Giving birth is a pretty stressful experience – how do you keep yourself and everyone around calm during labour?
- It must take a special type of person to do what you do – what do you love the most about being a Doula mother?