Operation Special Delivery

operation special delivery

Operation Special Delivery (or OSD), provides trained volunteer doulas for pregnant women whose husbands or partners have been severely injured or who have lost their lives due to the current war on terror, or who will be deployed at the time that they are due to give birth. To be eligible for a volunteer doula from OSD an applicant must be unable to afford to hire a doula privately and be without reliable or sufficient labor and birth support.

What is a doula? A doula is specially trained to give informational, emotional, and physical support to women during childbirth. A doula does not perform medical tasks, but is trained to provide uninterrupted support to a mother in labor and during birth.

Why military moms? OSD believes that no one should go through childbirth without support, especially the women who are giving birth while their husbands or partners are making such a great sacrifice for our country and our freedom.

That's really cool. Thanks for posting this Trisha, I'm sure some of the newly pregnant girls may be interested in this info.

That is soo cool!

That's pretty awesome!

If I wasnt high risk I would of loved to have had a doula

That's such a great thing. Thanks for sharing! How does one become a Doula?

Jennifer that's my question too...I would love to be one ^^