“Black women are three to four times more likely to die or experience some sort of complication after childbirth or during their pregnancy.” Rashana Keller, a registered nurse and educator in Women’s ...

Doulas provide emotional, physical, and informational support during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period.

Sofia Pimienta had a rough childbirth with her first son in 2020. The medical staff, she said, broke her water too early, administered an epidural early, and insisted on a C-section, which she didn’t ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - More pregnant women are becoming interested in doulas. This comes with a new bill requiring private health insurance to reimburse doula services up to a certain amount, ...

To help meet a need for more health care workers, particularly in Weld County, a pilot program will begin later this month designed to introduce more doulas into the regional health care workforce.

Iowa mothers-to-be will now be eligible for their health insurance programs to cover doula services. Until now, ...

This story originally published online at N.C. Policy Watch. For Kayla Foxx, just knowing her doula, Shawna Howard, would be by her side during the delivery of her first child last month helped ease ...

In the past year, Christian King, a doula based in Kansas City, has supported more than 40 mothers enrolled in Medicaid ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Every family deserves access to the healthiest start in life but not everyone gets that chance. In 2021, close to 6,000 babies were born in Guilford County and of those babies, 44 ...

Howard County Health Department's Doula Partnership Program is helping to make sure someone is taken care of in all aspects of their pregnancy journey. The program started earlier this year to help ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Health Department announced Friday the first cohort of doulas selected to participate in the KC Doula Program. Starting Sept. 29, families can apply with their ...

A new program offers doula support for women and teens giving birth at Granville Medical Center or Maria Parham Hospital in Vance and Granville counties. A new program offers doula support for women ...