pregnancy
partners. Though it’s hard to imagine now, there was a time when
men didn’t even go into the delivery room. For centuries, women of
the community helped the mother through labor and delivery, while
the men waited outside. Though the days of the proud papas pacing
up and down the waiting room may be gone, some men still aren’t Advertisement
naturally equipped to give a laboring mom all of the support she may
need. So, often, women turn to their own mothers or sisters to fill in
the gap, but even that can backfire when putting a loved one in a
high-stress situation. So what’s a woman to do? We spoke with Certified Labor Assistant
and Postpartum Doula, Jenny Gillespie, to get the facts about doulas
men didn’t even go into the delivery room. For centuries, women of
the community helped the mother through labor and delivery, while
the men waited outside. Though the days of the proud papas pacing
up and down the waiting room may be gone, some men still aren’t Advertisement
naturally equipped to give a laboring mom all of the support she may
need. So, often, women turn to their own mothers or sisters to fill in
the gap, but even that can backfire when putting a loved one in a
high-stress situation. So what’s a woman to do? We spoke with Certified Labor Assistant
and Postpartum Doula, Jenny Gillespie, to get the facts about doulas
and how they can help through labor and delivery and the first couple
of weeks postpartum.
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Medicine and Pregnancy
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