Book
My book, A Catholic Guide to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss: Compassionate Answers to Difficult Questions was published by Ave Maria Press in 2024. You can learn more about the book here.
Articles
“The Struggles of Parenting Identities”, International Doula (feature article). Volume 31 – Issue 2. 2023.
“For the Living”, Notre Dame Magazine. August 21, 2023. https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/for-the
living/
“Dancing with My Daughter”, Notre Dame Magazine, Summer 2022.
https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/under-the-long-haul/
“We Need to Talk about Racism in Healthcare for Pregnant Mothers”, FemCatholic. February 25, 2022.
https://www.femcatholic.com/post/we-need-to-talk-about-racism-in-healthcare-for-pregnant
mothers
“Exploring Mary’s Birth Story: What the debate about Jesus’ delivery can teach us”, The Young
Catholic Woman. November 16, 2021.
https://www.theyoungcatholicwoman.com/archivescollection/exploring-marys-birth-story-what
the-debate-about-jesus-delivery-can-teach-us
“How to Support a Friend Going through Pregnancy Loss”, FemCatholic. October 12, 2021.
https://www.femcatholic.com/post/how-to-support-a-friend-going-through-pregnancy-loss
“How to Support Moms After the COVID Baby Bust”, FemCatholic. August 24, 2021.
https://www.femcatholic.com/post/how-to-support-moms-after-covid-19-baby-bust
“Patron Saints for Pregnant Women”, FemCatholic. November 12, 2020.
https://www.femcatholic.com/post/patrons-for-pregnancy
“Rituals Sacrificed”, Notre Dame Magazine. August 25, 2020. https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/rituals
sacrificed/
Presentations
Frequently invited Doula Life Panelist for doula trainings run by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D., MPH, CLC,
BDT/AdvCD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE. 2021 – present.
“Disability and Doulas”, co-presented with Kristen Schell, DONA International Summit. October 2023.
Invited speaker, “Miscarriage and doulas,” Doula Mastermind Series at 100 Percent Doula. October 2023.
For additional public-facing work,
please visit the website of my practice, abbythesociologistdoula.com.