Evanston doula: 'We want to leave like Mary Poppins' - Evanston RoundTable

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Evanston doula: 'We want to leave like Mary Poppins' - Evanston RoundTable

“Evanston is just such a spectacular community,” says Heather McCullough.I didn’t use a doula when I gave birth. Back then (2012 and 2015), I had the impression that a doula was a nice-to-have, and not compatible with the labor and delivery I planned, which included a hospital and an epidural. In retrospect, after talking to doulas like Heather McCullough, of Evanston’s 312Doulas, I think a doula would have helped me tremendously, not just durin…