How did/would you find your doula?

[diva det]

stand out the front of the maternity hossy and catch them as they go into labour lol.

i got mine from our twin club- she advertised in our local twin newsletter (she is also a twin mumma)
also try your local MCHN centre- put a notice up on their board for second time mums!!
also local playgroups, ABA etc
Perhaps even contacting a well known, experienced doula, to see if you can tag along to her births to watch and learn and get experience that way!!

[meow]

I chose Kelly as my doula because of her presence on BB and her articles. I only heard about doulas from being on BB and I read so many great articles on here that I trusted her knowledge and position as a birth advocate. I also liked that I could get a feel for her personality by reading her posts in threads here and that we could develop a bit of an online relationship to supplement our face to face meetings. She also had experience working with women at the birth centre I was going to and that was important to me as I wanted her "insider knowledge" to help me if I needed to navigate the system there.

Not exactly a doula, but now days whenever I'm choosing an allied health professional like a naturoapth I like to follow them on FB and then I rate them based upon the links they share, what they are reading etc. So, a similar approach to how I chose Kelly- I want to see strong evidence of your knowledge, your philosophy, and your current interests.