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Meanings of doula in English
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.
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It's somewhat similar to the role of a birth doula.
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But she's a doula for women who run modeling agencies.
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After Teddy comes a stream of clients for this apprentice "death doula".
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If I decide to give birth again, I'll surely have a doula by my side.
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Reclaiming birth as sacred is also something that the doula movement has sought to provide.
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A doula friend said she should go ahead and breastfeed, but with a mask on.
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In birth, she holds space as a holistic doula.
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EBONY: Tell us about your life as a doula.
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He and his wife, with the help of a doula, had just had their first baby.
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Perez is a doula who assists with childbirth.
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Looking back, I wish I'd have enlisted the services of a doula during my pregnancy and birth.
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A doula's main work is to be the advocate and voice of the birthing mother throughout the delivery.
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Expectant parents Chris and Katie Muscarella in Brooklyn have hired a doula whose coaching will be entirely online.
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Thompson is also a practicing doula.
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I have to begin by thanking my editor, Janine O'Malley, for being my literary doula through this adventure.
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A doula can tend to a woman's spiritual needs throughout the labor even if the birth becomes highly medicalized.
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