“Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.” IfsHelpingBirthEvidencePlanningDoulasEpidurals Author:Emily Oster
“I don't plan how many people I work with. I don't charge anything. It's for my own learning, and I just enjoy being the welcoming committee. I became a doula by default.” PeopleEnjoyMy OwnPlansWelcomeCommitteesDefaultDoulas Author:Erykah Badu
“My work as a doula also extends all the way to the end of life. I sit at the bedsides of people who are passing on in hospices or nursing homes, for the people and families who want that kind of thing.” PeopleWayWantKindEndsHomePassingPassingsNursingEnd Of LifeNursing HomeHospicePassing OnDoulas Author:Erykah Badu
“I got into cooking and I went and cooked in Italy. I became a doula for a while. I built stone walls one summer, and I read a lot, and I swam a lot, and I spent a lot of time thinking.” ThinkingWallSummerBuiltStonesCookingStone WallsDoulas Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“"The Doula" was and is a very, very special episode to me because I think it's very funny and very weird and it also is 100 percent based on my life, in that I fainted three times during Sex Ed in real life the three different years.” ThinkingYearsDifferentRealThreeSexSpecialPercentReal LifeEpisodesThree TimesDoulas Author:John Mulaney