Expectant Service Members Lack Support. Doulas Could Help, Advocates Say.
Members of the military who are pregnant lack options when it comes to giving birth. That might be changing, but challenges persist.
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DonateAnne Marshall-Chalmers is an investigative journalist at The War Horse where she covers the health of veterans, active-duty servicemembers, and military families. Her work has appeared in Mother Jones, Inside Climate News, Civil Eats, USA Today, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times.
Members of the military who are pregnant lack options when it comes to giving birth. That might be changing, but challenges persist.
Eliminating daily stresses such as delayed paychecks could help make service members more resilient to whatever active duty throws at them, experts said.