'A lifeline': the doulas guiding clients through childbirth – from a distance

As coronavirus changes the way women experience pregnancy, doulas are caught between helping clients and the limitations caused by the pandemic

Last month, Robin Douthit comforted an anxious client by breathing with her, demonstrating one long inhalation and an equally steady exhalation. The two women then did it together, breathing slowly and intentionally in sync.

Breathwork is one of the tools that Douthit, 56, often reaches for when soothing clients. But this time, instead of sitting in the same room inhaling the same air, the women breathed together on Zoom.

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