By Annamarya Scaccia — 2017
Not to mention all those emotional adjustments...
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"Doula" is a Greek term meaning "woman who serves," and it was appropriated to describe the women who lend themselves to serve birthing mothers. A once-marginalized profession, it is increasing in numbers and popularity.
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She says attention needs to be paid to ending systemic racism throughout all of Black people’s lives—as well as in their safety in birth. And given Latham’s line of work, that last piece is a topic that’s particularly important to her.
Mama Glow founder Latham Thomas has been trying to revolutionize maternal care in the U.S. since she gave birth to her own son 17 years ago.