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...Barbara Guralnick is leaving her New York City apartment carrying a blue plastic ball that measures 75 in. around, portable CD player and shoulder bag packed to the brim with lotions, washcloths and hair scrunchies...
...going to have a baby?" her doorman asks cheerfully. Guralnick, 38, smiles and nods but has no time to chat. She's a doula, also known as a childbirth assistant or labor coach. One of her laboring clients has called and requested her presence. She will be with the parents through the labor and delivery, which could be anywhere from three hours to three days...
...Greek word that means "woman servant." Unlike midwives, who deliver babies and are licensed to perform medical tasks, labor doulas provide emotional and physical support to the laboring parents. "I do everything from getting wet cloths for a mother's forehead to relaxation exercises to massage," says Guralnick...
...what makes you a good doula," says Lijah Friedman, a DONA-certified doula based in Brooklyn, N.Y. "It's creating a political and selective situation in the doula world." Most doulas think that while training and certification don't guarantee quality services, the knowledge can't hurt. Says Guralnick: "Your heart and hands are the most important. If someone's not certified, they're not necessarily less qualified...
...Dylan, a legend himself, declared that Elvis "steps from the pages" of the predecessor to this book, Last Train to Memphis, and much the same can be said of this one. The most impressive quality of this book is Guralnick's ability to depict Elvis' life and detach the real person, a flawed yet well-intentioned human being, from the frozen images that make up his legend. The main flaw of this book is not one of flawed research but of excessive enthusiasm; he tells the reader more of Elvis' "sad story" than he or she may want to know...