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Day in the Work Life: Doula

Doula Katie Wise

A doula is a person who "mothers the mother," or helps them give birth. Doula Katie Wise gives physical and emotional support to women and their families -- a range of things except delivering the baby.

Katie Wise outside "Yo Mama," her yoga and childbirth business. (Francesca Segre)

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  • Katie, with a client and her newborn. Katie recently worked her 100th birth as a Doula.

    Katie, with a client and her newborn. Katie recently worked her 100th birth as a Doula.

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