Doulas can help curb infant mortality and support women. Ohio lawmakers want to make access easier

Doulas can help curb infant mortality and support women. Ohio lawmakers want to make access easier
Haley BeMiller, The Columbus Dispatch
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Lyndsey Wilcox poses for a photo with her sons Clayton, 4, and Coleton, 9 months, outside her house in Mount Gilead on July 1, 2021. State lawmakers have proposed a bill that would create Medicaid pilot program for doula care. Lyndsey used a doula for the birth of Coleton.
Lyndsey Wilcox thought she was going to die when she had her first child.
The Mount Gillead mother lost both of her feet at age 12 after a routine surgery for her scoliosis went south. When her doctor told her she needed a cesarean-section, she had flashbacks to her last invasive procedure.

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