[header] How to use a doula during pregnancy [title] Hire a birth doula. [step] Do this by going on a the international doula site dona, asking other new moms who they used, or finding one through a childbirth education class, hospital, birth center or midwife. [title] Meet with your doula in the way she suggest. 
[step] This will usually be a brief interview and then two or three prenatal visits. Be prepared to tell her, in detail, what your expectations, plans and fears are for your coming birth.