Doula shine "mutumin da aka horar da shi don ba da shawara, bayanai, goyon bayan motsin rai, da jin daɗin jiki ga uwa kafin, lokacin, da bayan haihuwa". Doulas sau da yawa ba ƙwararrun likita ba ne, amma a maimakon haka suna ba da tallafin marasa magani ga uwa kuma yana iya taimakawa da ayyuka kamar dabarun numfashi, shakatawa, da sadarwa tare da ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya.
