Zuzana Laubmann

Zuzana Laubmann, Mgr, MA, HPP, CD (DiD), studied elementary education, sociology, and pedagogy. She is a naturopath for psychotherapy, somatic experiencing practitioner, systemic counselor for family constellations, and doula, specialising in accompanying women with stressful past experiences. Zuzana is a certified trainer in "When Survivors Give Birth" and author of the "Trauma Sensitive and Positively Effective Birth Plan" workshop. She developed a guide for parents to help them create their individual and trauma-sensitive birth plans.

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Birth Plan: Does the Path Still Fit the Objective? Do the Means Still Fulfill the Purpose?

by Zuzana Laubmann May 22, 2023

In the process of establishing a birth plan in the ’80s in the US and Europe, an effort was made to make women aware of their choices during labor. It took about 50 years—two whole generations—until women started to face the medical interventions while exploring their own possibilities during childbirth. The formally written birth plan was introduced in the 1980s as part of childbirth preparation to help women avoid escalating interventions (Lothian 2006). Read more…. Birth Plan: Does the Path Still Fit the Objective? Do the Means Still Fulfill the Purpose?

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Becoming a Trauma-sensitive Birthkeeper

by Zuzana Laubmann April 26, 2021

Working with women in a very difficult period as a doula and counsellor, I see it as integral to not neglect the unresolved effects of the past on the needs, behaviour, and emotions of my clients. While some of my clients are open, have a positive view of the future, and are filled with joy, others are tied to their old traumatic experiences and belief systems. Read more…. Becoming a Trauma-sensitive Birthkeeper