When I trained as a labor doula, my trainer said something that has stuck with my and transformed the way I look at my work as a doula. She said something along the lines of "labor support is not a necessity, but postpartum support is". I immediately kicked myself for not having taken the postpartum doula support training just the weekend before and since that day I have developed a very different view of the value of a postpartum doula. I don't think it's any secret that in