00:00Another key thing about doulas in this time that we're living through, where the U.S. is the most dangerous
00:05place in the developed world to give birth, and then we look specifically at populations of color and specifically black
00:12women in this country, where we're four to five times more likely to die during childbirth or due to childbirth
00:18related causes, having a doula can be not only life affirming, but life saving.
00:24If you want to become a doula, it's not so much the desire to be in this profession, so much
00:28as it's like this compelling pull from within.
00:31Because I have to say, it is not convenient. And here's the thing about callings, is that they're never convenient.
00:37Ask yourself if you're okay with losing sleep because you're going to lose a lot of sleep, honey.
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