The Purpose and Value of Labor Support

The experience of birth is no less than a body, heart, mind, and soul-exerting marathon. And the doula is much like the coach, running on the sidelines after months of preparing and conditioning their athlete; the waterboy, dishing out cups of nourishment at stations and check in points; she is the crowd, cheering with inexhaustible lungs along the route; and she is the adoring family and friends, to cry with and exult in the victory at the finish line.