Mike and Pam meet another couple, Alta and Glen, in childbirth class. They discuss the obstetricians that they are seeing and a little bit about their birth plan. Alta says that she and Glen have hired a doula to assist them during the delivery. Mike and Pam have never heard of such a thing. They say that they want their baby born in a hospital under the care of licensed doctors. Glen explains that he and Alta are planning to use the hospital as well, and a doctor will deliver their baby. Mike wants to know, then, what the doula does. How would Alta MOST likely explain this? (1 point) Responses The doula assists by providing comfort and advice to the mother during childbirth. The doula assists by providing comfort and advice to the mother during childbirth. The doula is there to care for the baby after Alta delivers it. The doula is there to care for the baby after Alta delivers it. The doula is a religious figure who will bless Alta while she is in labor. The doula is a religious figure who will bless Alta while she is in labor. The doula creates a diet plan that will make Alta’s labor shorter and painless.

The doula assists by providing comfort and advice to the mother during childbirth.