Midwife Judy Ribner, DNP, CNM of Holistic Midwifery New York with a newborn baby

Midwife vs. Doula: The Differences Between Them & What Each One Does​

Childbirth can be thought of as a simultaneously exciting and frightening experience. It is not an isolated incident, really, and the process of trying to conceive, to finding out you are pregnant, to caring for your body throughout its changes due to the pregnancy, are all linked to the moment of delivery.

Over the course of many years, decades, and centuries, all throughout humanity’s history, women have given birth to children in a myriad of ways, from natural births to medically induced labor.

As technology has changed and improved, so have our tools and understanding of what it means to give birth and be a mother or parent. The concept of professions dedicated to assisting people through pregnancy has existed throughout time, to support the person who is giving birth throughout the entirety of the process.

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