Brittany Bright, a mother of two, is defending her decision to hire a ‘Doula’ on TikTok. This comes after she recently gave birth. The internet was quick to judge her for hiring external help, with ...
“Doulas do not do anything medical. We are the emotional support and we give lots of information,” said Ravae S.M. Sinclair, certified doula and president of DONA International, a doula certifying ...
Living in South Boston, three weeks postpartum with her third child, Lisa Saint Cyr is savoring the final hours with her doula, Laura Pichardo, the woman she calls her “birth sister.” When she got ...
- an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes ...