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A doula provides continuity of care prenatally through the postpartum period including: emotional support, informational support and advocacy\/facilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Labor support doulas are trained and experienced labor support persons who attend to the emotional and physical comfort needs of laboring people to smooth the labor process. They do not perform clinical tasks such as heart rate checks, or vaginal exams but rather use massage, aromatherapy, positioning suggestions, etc., to help labor progress as well as possible. A labor support doula joins a laboring person either at their home, in hospital or birth center and remains with them until a few hours after the birth. 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