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A doula (left) applying pressure to a pregnant woman during labor. A doula (/ ˈ d uː l ə /; from Ancient Greek δούλα 'female slave'; Greek pronunciation:) is a non-medical professional who provides guidance for the service of others and who supports another person (the doula's client) through a significant health-related experience, such as childbirth, miscarriage, induced abortion or ...
As we enter this terrifying Trump 2.0 era, community care is more important than ever for disabled people. ... “Doulas are providing this more holistic care for folks, helping them work through ...
As for the traditional cultural ceremonies performed during and after birth, the Hummingbird will take care of that, too. Think of a typical doula — a person, usually a woman, trained to provide ...
She was a strong advocate of breastfeeding and promoted the movement to recruit non-medical care-givers to assist mothers during and after childbirth. She called such care-givers "doulas." [1] The term "doula" (pronounced do͞olə; from Ancient Greek δούλη, a female slave) was popularized in her 1973 book "The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding."
Experts say that while we work on overhauling health care systems and systemic injustices, doula care is an incredibly important tool in birth equity (allowing all families the same opportunities ...
Like other doulas, the abortion doula is concerned solely with the patient rather than having other concerns typical for the medical personnel present for an event. [9] [4] [10] Unlike other types of doulas, an abortion doula may interact with a patient only during the patient's abortion and may never interact with that patient again. [9]
After the closure of the island’s only standalone birth center in December 2022, medical professionals have been sounding the alarm for what they consider a “maternal care crisis” on Guam.
Dyadic developmental therapy principally involves creating a "playful, accepting, curious, and empathic" environment in which the therapist attunes to the child's "subjective experiences" and reflects this back to the child by means of eye contact, facial expressions, gestures and movements, voice tone, timing and touch, "co-regulates ...