Doula Life: What It’s Really Like to Be a Birth Doula

A job where your “office” might be a hospital room, a birth center, or a stopped car on a bridge sounds impossible until you hear how a doula actually works. We sit down with Mary Riley, a doula who has supported more than 2,500 births, to unpack what real labor support looks like when plans change, policies shift, and emotions run high. Then come the stories that make the work feel real: coaching a couple through an unplanned car birth in bumper-to-bumper traffic and the surprising way...