SOAS research project about doulas

[eveannesley]

Hello!

My name is Eve Annesley, I am an undergraduate student of anthropology at SOAS, University of London, living in the local area.

For my final year of my degree, I am doing a dissertation research project about doulas. I want to explore whether doulas can have the capacity to create spaces of agency and empowerment in women's experiences of childbirth, and how doula care might contrast with, or even challenge, hospital models of birth. I am looking for mothers who have chosen to enlist a birth doula, and who might be willing to talk to me about their experiences. I am trying to make my project a collection of individual women's stories, so that it can be as collaborative as possible. Everything put into my written dissertation will be anonymised and your confidentiality will be protected.

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, or you would like to know more, I would love to hear from you!

Thanks!

Eve