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Demand for doulas in R.I. rises after insurance change

Updated at 1:20 p.m. on April 27.

DOULA ­SESSION: Rachelle ­Friesen, co-president of the nonprofit Doulas of Rhode Island, speaks to a gathering at Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket as part of the group’s statewide “Meet the Doulas” awareness campaign. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO
DOULA ­SESSION: Rachelle ­Friesen, co-president of the nonprofit Doulas of Rhode Island, speaks to a gathering at Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket as part of the group’s statewide “Meet the Doulas” awareness campaign. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

What a difference a few years have made for doulas in Rhode Island. Doulas provide physical and emotional support to expectant mothers, before, during and after birth, but it was care that was once considered a luxury reserved for those who could afford it. That luxury label is no longer the case in Rhode Island,

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