Doulas can improve health outcomes for women and babies. Insurers are taking notice.
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Like many first-time moms, Nathalia Marin Torres was excited when she found out she was pregnant last August, but she was also a bit nervous.
Like many first-time moms, Nathalia Marin Torres was excited when she found out she was pregnant last August, but she was also a bit nervous. The 33-year-old Colombia native didn’t click with her OB-GYN and felt like she needed more support navigating the health care system in the United States.
“When you’re kind of far away from family and from your culture, it’s a little bit overwhelming,” Torres said.
She was referred to Alexia Franco Pettersen, a Mexican American doula in Minneapolis. Pettersen is helping guide Torres through prenatal visits and preparing for postpartum. She’ll be there for the entirety of her labor and delivery, whenever and however long that may be, and provide support after the birth as well.
Torres likened it to the extra support she would get if she were back in Colombia with her family.
The decision to work with a doula was made easier when she learned that Pettersen’s $2,400 cost would be covered by her insurance.
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