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Medication and their babies are less likely to have a low birth wait. but doula services can cost upwards to $5,000 and most aren't covered by insurance. how do you think you would feel if you did not have your doula? >> i don't want to think about that. i probably would feel a bit more lost, for sure. >> reporter: bernie enz says once she has found her doula, she is ready for delivery. elise preston, cbs news los angeles. >> norah: we will continue our series moms in focus tomorrow with a story about a library system in virginia that is helping parents connect with their children in a new way...

Southwest airlines scheduling system melted down. 17,000 flights had to be canceled, but it was a winter storm that started that chain reaction. so these things can be tricky to parse. >> nancy cordis, thank you. now to a n seralled . the raciaries i aemioezati is hel is providing black women with a doula, that's a trained professional to guide them through the birthing process. >> brief in, two, three. >> reporter: carrie bernans is counting down till when she and her partner jeremy welcomed their first child, a baby boy. the healthy expectant mother feared she would have to deliver at just 2...

Hard. >> reporter: felt her concerns over medication were prescribed were being ignored switch doctors and got a doula from frontline doulas. a community that provides free access to care for black mothers in los angeles. >> i also wanted a black woman too, i wanted someone that could understand me and understand what i was going through, understand my body. >> reporter: according to the cdc, black women in the u.s. are more than three likely times to die from complications than white women. can tripping factors are health and equity inequities, mistreatment, and underlying chronic conditions....

A new company in Vermont is helping moms before, during, and after pregnancy. It’s called the Vermont Doula Company.

Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties provided scholarships to 15 women to train to become doulas.