“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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

MEREDITH ― Death Doula Nancy Thurell will give a presentation at the Meredith Public Library. Attendees will discover what a ...

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 ...

St. Luke’s received a $1.7 million dollar grant from the Bush Foundation to help provide access to doulas support for birthing families at St. Luke’s Birthing Center. Plus One Doula program is a ...

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 ...

Inside Rikers Island doula program and how it's supporting vulnerable women in need. Four years after NYC Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal pushed for doula care in jails, the Rikers Island Doula Program ...