Doula

Doulas support women and families in all kinds of situations, who have different kinds of births and make a wide range of parenting choices. The services offered by a doula vary greatly according to the needs of the women, couple or family that she is working with

Doulas do not take a clinical role and work alongside midwives and doctors. They do not advise. but can support a woman to find balanced information to make informed decisions about her maternity care.

Birth doulas provide continuous support, for women and couples, through pregnancy, labour and birth and the immediate postnatal time Postnatal doulas provide flexible practical and emotional support postnatally for new mothers and

families in their own homes. Some doulas work as both birth and postnatal doulas, while others work only as birth doulas or postnatal doulas.

The first Doula course in Iraq and KRG was in Weh Women's Health and Community Center supported by GIZ and DoH