Doulas aim to help women have positive birthing experience
By Kathleen Thurber
January 9, 2011
MyWestTexas.com

When Jennifer Watson went to the hospital in September to have her baby, she had an ideal picture of how she wanted things to go.

The first-time mom was determined to complete the process as naturally as possible and had asked not to be induced, not to receive an epidural and to avoid having a cesarean section at all costs.

When her blood pressure spiked and doctors weren't able to get her son delivered after more than 24 hours of labor, though, Watson consented to a medically necessary C-section.

Though Watson's husband and mom were by her side during the stressful birthing process, when she needed someone to help her work through her options she turned to her doula, Jennifer Land. ...