First—simply through her presence.
Second—by dimming the lights and closing the curtains. She can also turn on music and an aroma diffuser. Give a massage, hold your hand, breathe together. And do countless other big and small things that create this environment.
The doula’s role is the embodiment of a mother figure who cares for you and accepts you exactly as you are.
Doulas emerged in the modern world for a reason. They are women’s response to the medicalization and industrialization of childbirth—when birth shifted from a family event to something generic, public, and medical.
Today, when our mothers often remember birth only as something painful that needs to be endured, or know nothing about it at all, doulas are needed more than ever.
They have become the guides into the world of motherhood that mothers and grandmothers once were for every woman.
You don’t have to do this alone.
