If you ask ten people what a doula does, you may get ten different answers. She helps you breathe through contractions. She advocates for you in the hospital. She helps with the baby. She lets you sleep. She teaches you how to breastfeed. She makes food. All of those things can be true, but I think the heart of doula care is much bigger. A doula is there to support the mother as she moves through pregnancy, birth, postpartum and life with a new baby. And although “doula” may sound like a...

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