Ethical Responsibility to My Clients

• Support a birth justice framework - shared decision making, informed consent, autonomy, anti-racism, and the healing intergenerational trauma.

•  Endeavour to achieve human rights in childbirth - To foster self-determination, self-advocacy, and the fundamental right to health in our clients, their family and the community. 

• Confidentiality and privacy- uphold the privacy of clients and hold in confidence all information obtained in the course of professional doula service.

• Community centering-  assist each client seeking community doula support either by providing access to local information, services, education and/or appropriate referrals as needed.

• Reliability- As a doula, my clients rely on the support I provide and count on me to be dependable and honor all professional commitments.  Many of our community-based clients have elevated life stressors and the impact of breaches in relationships and agreements can be devastating. 

• Promoting Perinatal, Postpartum and Child Welfare- promote the general health and wellbeing of birthing people and their babies, and whenever possible, that of their family, friends and community.

I’m committed to Human Rights in childbirth, evidence based Information, trauma-informed care, culturally sensitive and gender-inclusive birthing practices.