Birth Companions
Doulas - also called birth companions - are an increasingly welcome
presence for women about to have a baby. The school's Birth Companions Program
is preparing students to fill this unique role during labor and birth.
Students receive doula training from a DONA-certified trainer and learn
about community health from school faculty when they take the course
Community Perspectives on the Childbearing Process. Student nurse
doulas provide physical, emotional and educational support and attend
births at the hospital of the mother’s choosing in the Baltimore
metropolitan area.
Serving
70-80 women per year, the Birth Companions Program is free-of-charge and
provided to anyone requesting the service. Women or health care providers
may call the telephone referral line at (410) 614-6458 for information in
English and Spanish.
The Birth Companions Program was one of six organizations nationally
recognized as a finalist for the 16th annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares
Award
