From the Field
At the bedside.
Around the clock, someone is there.
Birth doesn't keep business hours. Babies come at three in the afternoon and three in the morning, and either way, no one should go through it alone.
24/7
the only round-the-clock doula workforce in Illinois, delivered through Cook County Health at Stroger Hospital
Whatever hour a family needs support, a trained doula is there: a steady voice through labor, a hand to hold, help understanding what's happening and what comes next.
A doula isn't a doctor or a nurse. She's the person whose whole job is you. Our doulas come from the communities they serve. They're trained, credentialed, and backed by a full care team, and they stay with families past the hospital doors, through those first tired, wonderful weeks at home.
It's quiet work. It matters more than almost anything we do.
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Doula care is part of our Pregnancy & New Moms program, free at community events.