i would dearly love to be a doula,but most of the information i find on the net is in the u.s.a does anyone know of any training courses or websites i can contact in britain?or is it not as popular over here/also do you need to have a driving licence(sounds daft i know)but if you don,t drive is it still possible? thanx andrea

-- andrea dobbie (wilmellon@aol.com), September 17, 2002

Answers

try looking at www.empoweredchildbirth.co.uk

i am also interested in training and they seem to have courses in London.

-- Candice Coetser (boges@btopenworld.com), October 13, 2002.

Please look at our "Doula UK" website www.doula.org.uk - we are a network of doulas who have set up an association to support one another in the UK and we have a "Train to be a Doula" where several trainers list their course dates. Hope that helps.

-- Vida Rye (vida@doula.org.uk), November 16, 2002.