'Growing Together: Doula Wisdom & Holistic Practices for Pregnancy, Birth, & Early Motherhood' by Meyer is on sale now Author and doula Carson Meyer shares her take on childbirth in an exclusive essay ...

Ohio plans to cover doula services for Medicaid recipients beginning this fall and people who provide the service believe it will help the health outcome for mothers and babies before, during and ...

A doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and shortly after childbirth. Unlike midwives or obstetricians, ...

Childbirth — painful, messy, unpredictable — has been part of humankind for time immemorial. And in the US, which has surprisingly high rates of avoidable complications and maternal deaths, more ...

Saturday marked Global Black Doula Day and the start of Black Maternal Health Week. Pregnant and postpartum parents gathered ...

Nicole Kidman is training as a death doula, highlighting a growing movement in Australia focused on compassionate end-of-life ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Chinelo Nkwonta’s fourth child, Okoorie, is thriving at 8 months old. She is also thriving in motherhood. This birth was a lot different from her previous experience. This ...

Patients with eligible insurance, including Medicaid, can access seven doulas who provide physical, emotional and educational ...

In Washington state, the maternal mortality rate was 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024. A staggering 80 percent of these deaths were preventable, often due to factors such as lack of access to ...

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