NOUN
- 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
How To Use doula In A Sentence
- Most doulas are knowledgeable about resources such as lactation consultants and support groups.
- Others such as Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, a NEPAD founding member, say the initiative failed to produce any tangible results since it was launched with great fanfare in 2001. ANC Daily News Briefing
- We are at an expats house and he brought back Cheese from Doula, the biggest city and main seaport for Cameroon. Baby farts « Cameroon
- “The same hormone that we release in lovemaking is also released in childbirth and in breastfeeding — oxytocin,” said doula Gail Tully. Orgasmic Birth « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
- Yes, there are support groups, doulas, and many other compensatory measures emerging.
- A birth doula can be booked to support you during labour and immediately afterwards, see Families South West Magazine June 2002 issue or our feature on doulas for more.
- Doula is a Greek word meaning slave or servant and stems from ancient Greece where the doula was the top-notch home help privileged to help the lady of the house give birth.
- Experienced doulas charge between $50 and $900 per birth, depending on experience, geographic area, demand, patient's needs, traveling time, and sliding scale.
- In the morning we called our midwife and doula and arranged to meet them at the freestanding birth center where we planned to have a natural, drug-free water birth. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth
- Recent studies show women supported by doulas have shorter labours and lower rates of caesarean section deliveries.
