“My mother had a positive and very medicalised birth which is exactly what she wanted.” But doula and reproductive rights campaigner Rebecca Schiller decided on a homebirth. This opened her eyes to the importance of choice when it comes to childbirth…
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With a growing trend for doulas acting as second birth partners during childbirth, Emma Sheppard asks what the role entails, where the boundaries lie between midwife and doula and why so many mothers are choosing to pay for extra help during labour…