What is a Doula?

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The word “doula” comes from the Greek word meaning “most important female slave,” the woman who probably helped the lady of the house through childbearing. The word has come to refer to a “woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth.” (Klaus, Kennell and Klaus, Mothering the Mother).

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