doula

/doo-luh/US // ˈdu lə //UK // (ˈduːlə) //

助产士,助产师,豆娘,豆蔻年华

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a woman who assists women during labor and after childbirth.
- : a professional who provides support and assistance to individuals or families, especially during a medical or emotional crisis: death doulas who offer comfort and companionship to dying patients.

I was also fortunate to have doulas who checked in on me consistently and even performed a postpartum ceremony to counter any notion that I was now in a secondary role.
Her now-four-year-old daughter is healthy, and Chand has started working as a doula and enrolled in a four-year degree program at San Francisco State University in addition to her part-time work as a researcher at the Abundant Birth Project.
I’ve even heard from a pregnant woman who wanted to use a Facebook Portal to communicate with her doula while giving birth under covid quarantine.
This got the other doula riled up, and a discussion of Lake commenced.