Chelsea Tate tells PEOPLE about what parents can expect from an overnight doula Lauren Jolly Photography Moms today are seeking out the support they need before and after baby arrives. Speaking with ...

The postpartum services industry is expanding as demand for doulas and other specialists rises. Increased awareness of postpartum care and accessible training are helping drive this growth. This ...

This week, KING 5's Natasha Ryan has explored all the aspects of having a baby. Wednesday she sat down with doula Emily Lauckhart to talk about how her job is different than a midwife, the cost of a ...

As a Ghanian-American birth doula, Adwapa Asenso said she has seen first hand how traumatic a pregnancy or birth can be, especially for clients of color. One Black client she worked with, who was also ...

The word “doula” is evocative of the birthing process. And, over the last decade, it has also been extended to include the end-of-life process. But recently, Gaylon Alcaraz told me about her work as ...

Spanish speaking doulas aim to diversify an industry that's predominantly white. When Carolina Pino was pregnant, she discovered she lived in a so-called maternal care desert, a county with limited or ...

It’s time to ditch the idea that being a doula means being a so-called “hippie” or having a “crunchy granola” lifestyle. Although signs abound that the demand for doulas has increased in recent years, ...

Being a doula is not traditionally a profitable profession. Not to be confused with midwives, doulas (the name being a Greek word for “women’s servant“) provide non-medical support to mothers and ...

Women and infants’ health advocates around Michigan are celebrating a new policy that will allow pregnant people covered by Medicaid to pay for the services of a doula. The policy, enacted Jan. 1, ...

Registered nurse Kacie Gikonyo left her standard medical career to become a death doula over two years ago. In her practice, she works with terminally ill clients and their families to help them cope ...