I was a doula before I was an OB-GYN. I wish the two professions understood each other more At a difficult birth, the doula in me understood the disappointment. The doctor in me understood the urgency

https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/03/doula-turned-ob-gyn-birth-plan-disappointment-urgency/ By Debra EluobajuSept. 3, 2026 Eluobaju is a maternal-fetal medicine fellow at Weill Cornell Medicine.