A coroner's report into a 15-day-old's death warns unregulated doula involvement in home births can interfere with midwives.

Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness is aiming to help fill in gaps as maternity services have shuttered across Maine.

Prevention of future deaths report issued after delay in taking mother of Matilda Pomfret-Thomas to hospital ...

In 2024, Pam Sulton invited her friend, Yvonne Smith, to join her at StoryCorps to share what inspired her to become a doula and some of her experiences along the way, a conversation Sulton hopes to ...

Soon after learning she was pregnant, Nyah Phillips envisioned her baby's delivery in a hospital with her partner and mother at her side for support. A doula being in the delivery room during such a ...

Doulas in New Hampshire are now able to seek certification through the state, a new process that will allow them to receive ...

Queer doulas are gaining recognition for providing inclusive care to LGBTQ+ individuals and couples during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. For one Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, couple, their doula ...

Its mission is to improve experiences and outcomes in Canada through culturally grounded, community-based care ...

In Washington state, the maternal mortality rate was 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024. A staggering 80 percent of these deaths were preventable, often due to factors such as lack of access to ...

A statewide coalition of doulas, community leaders, healthcare providers, artists, and advocates has created The Courage in Care: Community Doulas and the Joyful Revolution of Birth, a ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) -- Johns Hopkins University's School of Nursing provides a free program called the Birth Companions, offering doulas for expecting mothers seeking a more supportive birth ...

Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness for the first time has trained about 30 doulas to help families leading up to and during ...