What is a Doula

Birth Doula: A woman trained and experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to a woman during labor, birth and the immediate postpartum period.

Postpartum Doula: A woman trained to care for new families in the first weeks after birth providing household help, advice with newborn care and infant feeding, and emotional support.

How doulas practice:

Privately, hired directly by clients

As hospital employees

As volunteers in community or hospital programs