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September 26, 2005
Doula On Call
Are you having a baby any time soon? You may want to consider hiring a doula or midwife to assist with labor and delivery. Having a doula present during birth helps to reduce the need for cesarean section and therefore reduces insurance costs.
Although they cannot choose a specific doula, the doula who is "on call" stays with the woman (and her partner) during her labor and delivery and helps her to manage her pain through a variety of techniques from movement to massage to psychological encouragement.
Grauer says she was working as a doula long before she knew her passion had a name. Then, in 1992, DONA [Doulas of North America] officially gave the name "doula" -- a Greek word meaning "women serving other women" -- to the hundreds of birth attendants assisting midwives.
Posted by linda at September 26, 2005 8:02 AM
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