For one Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, couple, their LGBTQ+ doula made a huge difference in the birth of their daughter.

Colorado’s Medicaid program now covers doula care for all pregnant and postpartum members, but advocates don’t expect to see an immediate improvement in maternal health. Doulas aren’t ...

Motivated by that experience, Cochy said she enrolled in birth and postpartum doula training six years ago through the Long Island Doula Association. She also noted a need for more doulas of color ...

My ethereal doula, Rebecca Belenky ... going okay and that the baby blues weren’t morphing into a more insidious postpartum depression. She helped keep our life in order after it detonated ...

She soon found the Shoshana, a luxury retreat for postpartum parents and their babies ... guests will have access to a personal doula to provide support and care for the whole family.

KENMORE, Wash. — Bastyr University has announced plans to sell its Kenmore campus as the institution faces strong financial headwinds, university officials confirmed this week. The university ...

“Postpartum is a really hard time, especially if you don't have a partner,” she said. “Postpartum doula[s] really advocate for their mental health.” Angelica Gonzalez, owner of Loulas' Doula based out ...

Patients receiving doula care showed significantly higher rates of vaginal birth after cesarean (adjusted risk difference [ARD], 15.6; 95% CI, 3.8-27.4) and increased postpartum office visit ...

Doulas offer a lot of hands-on support before and during delivery as well as postpartum. Shannon Barnett, a certified doula who co-owns Omaha Birth & Babies, holds a sleeping newborn. Shannon ...

And no studies have looked at how likely a person is to attend a postpartum checkup if they have a doula. “So much of maternal morbidity and mortality occurs in the weeks following birth ...

“It was wonderful.” Jesse Remer is a birth-and-postpartum doula. Doulas are not medical professionals and do not provide medical services, but work alongside health care providers. For ...