The Pocket Doula — Maddy The Doula Lady

50 practical, evidence-informed comfort strategies for the birth room.

Use it as a conversation starter with your provider. A planning tool for your support team. An in-the-moment reference when labor begins and you need fifty good ideas at your fingertips.

Made for the partner who wants to actually be useful in the room.

If you have ever sat through a prenatal class wondering what your job is during labor, this is the book that gives you the script. Real techniques. Short instructions. Apply in real time.

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Pocket-sized novella format · Fits in a hospital bag · Designed for in-the-moment use.

Who it’s for

For the support person, not the patient.

Partners

You’re going to be in the room. You love this person. You want to help. You don’t know what to do with your hands. This book gives you fifty things to do with your hands, and the why behind each one.

Friends & family at the birth

Mothers, sisters, best friends — anyone the laboring person invited because they wanted you there. Use this on the drive over. Keep it open in the room.

Doulas building a tool kit

A working doula’s shorthand reference. Hand it to the support person and let them be the second pair of hands. Use it as a teaching tool with the families you serve.

Anyone who wants to be useful

You don’t need a credential to support someone in labor. You need a plan. This is the plan, in fifty pieces, ready to use.

What’s inside

Fifty tricks. Five categories. One pocket.

Position changes

Ten labor positions, when to use each, and how to help her get there. Standing, side-lying, hands-and-knees, the squat that actually works. With and without an epidural.

Hands-on comfort

Counter-pressure for back labor. Hip squeezes that change the whole contraction. Massage techniques the laboring person actually wants. Where to put your hands, how hard to press, when to stop.

Breath, sound & focus

Breathing patterns that actually do something. Vocalization without losing the room. Visual focal points and how to use them. Bringing attention back when it slips.

Words that work

Affirmations that don’t feel hokey. Real phrases for the long part of labor and the hard part of pushing. What to say to a provider when you need to slow down.

Environment & logistics

Lighting, temperature, music, the snack situation. The hospital bag tricks nobody told you. The little choices that change a whole room.

How to use it

Three phases. One book.

Use it as a conversation starter in pregnancy. Read it together. Pick the techniques the laboring person likes. Let them know what you’re planning to try.

Use it as a planning tool with your support team. Hand the doula the book. Hand the partner the book. Now everyone is on the same page.

Use it as an in-the-moment reference when labor begins. Open to a tab. Try the technique. If it works, stay. If it doesn’t, flip the page.

“You don’t need to be a doula to support someone in labor. You need a plan and the courage to show up. This book is the plan. The courage is yours.”

The format

Designed to live in a hospital bag.

Pocket-sized

Fits in a coat pocket

Novella format. Slips into a bag, a glove compartment, or the side pocket of the bedside chair.

Skim-friendly

Each trick on its own page

Open to any page and find a complete idea. No prerequisite reading. Designed for someone with one hand free.

Evidence-informed

Real techniques, real reasons

Every technique has a one-line evidence note. You’re not making things up. You’re using what works.

The Pocket Doula.

For the support person, not the patient.

Fifty tricks. Five categories. One pocket.

Three phases. One book.

Designed to live in a hospital bag.

Fits in a coat pocket

Each trick on its own page

Real techniques, real reasons

Fifty tricks. In your pocket. Ready to use.

The other three books.

For the support person, not the patient.

Fifty tricks. Five categories. One pocket.

Three phases. One book.

Designed to live in a hospital bag.

Fits in a coat pocket

Each trick on its own page

Real techniques, real reasons

Fifty tricks. In your pocket. Ready to use.

The other three books.

The Data Driven Doula

The EVERYTHING Guide

The Bereavement Doula