Doula vs midwife

[stillpressingon]

What's the difference?

[tinyscrafts]

Yup, I know, I think it makes things very confusing, that's why I'm a fan of the different terms. But people are just now getting what a doula is...

I'm an ALACE CCE too :)

They now make people sign a form saying that the one VE experience is for learning purposes only and does not qualify them to do it on clients, but leave it open for MW assistants, RN;s etc who get further training to do so if they choose. I think that' s a good thing.

I've run into people who look at me like I have three heads when I mention I'm trained thru ALACE because of this one issue so it's become a peeve of mine.

[BonnieSc]

Yeah, the purpose of the lady partsl exam in ALACE training is to understand the anatomy, nothing else. Obviously they don't want to limit people who are trained to do it. On the other hand, it's always seemed odd to me that anyone hired as a doula would do vag exams at all, since most of our moms want to avoid them as much as possible.