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Daily Strength Is An On-Line Support Community For Patients Of Nearly All Illnesses
Submitted by Steve Ross on Wed, 01/03/2007 - 8:42am.
Your questions can be answered by medical personnel in these forums
Submitted by Cookie on Sat, 08/19/2006 - 7:20pm.
Questions and Answers (in ASK the DOCTOR forums) can be found for a long list of health problems including:
# Allergies
# Family Practice
# Gastroenterology
# Heart
# Hepatitis
Doulas offer support for women and their families during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
Submitted by Cookie on Fri, 08/18/2006 - 11:08pm.
A doula is a woman who gives support and guidance to a woman in labor (and her partner) and takes care of her emotional needs throughout childbirth and even postpartum. DONA INternational cites a clinical study that indicates that using a doula "... tends to result in shorter labors with fewer complications, reduces negative feelings about one’s childbirth experience, reduces the need for pitocin (a labor inducing drug), forceps or vacuum extractions or caesarians, and reduces the mother’s request for pain medication and/or epidurals."
