Southwest Georgia doula collective bridges health care gaps amid black maternal mortality crisis

ALBANY – Sharri Anderson said she believes each family has an unofficial doula – a mom, an aunt, a sister — who steps up as a guide and advocate for the mother of a newborn baby. During Anderson’s third pregnancy, that advocate was her own mother. As Anderson worked to push out her 10-pound daughter who had a heart murmur, she said she was under immense stress. More from this section