Community Doula Support Provides Families With Education, Empowerment, and Love with SisterWeb

About this episode

This episode discusses how community doula support can enhance the experience of pregnancy, birth, and the fourth trimester.

Community doula support can change how you experience pregnancy, birth, and the fourth trimester. In this episode, you’ll learn how having the right support in place can help you feel safer, more confident, and better equipped to navigate real-life challenges beyond your birth plan. Marlee-I Mystic and Alli Cuentos are co-executive directors of SisterWeb and experienced birth workers leading a community-based model of doula care that centers advocacy, connection, and whole-family support. Full show notes: fourthtrimesterpodcast.com Connect with SisterWeb sisterweb.org | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Learn more How to Prepare for Postpartum Support So You Feel Less Alone After Baby | How Nethal Abdul-Mumin Is Helping Muslim Families Find Their Reflection In The Parenting Community | Get A Healthy Start - Nutrition, Breastfeeding & Building Your Community with WIC's Kiran Saluja Resources HelloGaia Parenting Copilot | FREE DOWNLOAD Customizable Birth Plan | FREE DOWNLOAD Customizable Fourth Trimester Plan | Postpartum Soups and Stews Collection | Postpartum Support Collection Recommended Books The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother (related…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Roselinda Trott

Guests: Marlee-I Mystic, Alli Cuentos

Topics covered

• community doula support
• pregnancy
• birth
• fourth trimester
• parenting
• education
• empowerment

Keywords

• doula support
• community
• advocacy
• parenting
• postpartum
• birth plan
• family support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SisterWeb, fourthtrimesterpodcast.com, sisterweb.org, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

Books & works: The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years

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