New Fairview doula program focuses on at-risk moms

Submitted photosJessie Weber and Margaret Owens are new doulas at Fairview Lakes Medical Center. A grant allowed the hospital to bring in the doulas to specialize in working with at-risk mothers.
Hannah Davis
Contributing Writer
Doulas will now be a part of the Fairview Lakes Medical Center thanks to a grant funded by the Fairview Foundation. The grant helped bring in two doulas for pregnant women who have limited access to prenatal care and are ages 18 and under or who have a cognitive impairment or anxiety disorders.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“When you talk about an at-risk population, which is who the grant is geared towards, a lot of times those are the patients that come in that haven’t had prenatal care and have that anxiety or cognitive impairment,” said Rachel Dunnette, inpatient nursing director.
The grant request to bring in doulas was submitted by the former director of inpatient nursing. Dunnette facilitated the process of developing the

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