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A Doula is there for the mother !
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The word "doula"
comes from ancient Greek and is now used to refer to a woman
who helps another woman.
It is also applied to childbirth to refer to "a woman experienced
in childbirth who provides physical, emotional and informational
support to the mother before, continuously during and just after
childbirth."
Klaus, Kennell and Klaus, in "Mothering the
Mother".
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