Depature Lounge with Renee Adair

This week it was reported that Meghan Markle is breaking royal tradition by hiring a birth partner, known as a Doula, to help her get ready to have her first child with Prince Harry this April / May.

Traditionally, a Doula is a woman offering non medical support and information to other women and their partners during birth and the post natal period.

Did you know?

‘Doula‘ is a Greek word that came to mean “woman’s servant”.

The mom-to-be has officially hired a birth partner, known as a Doula, to help her give birth to the bundle of joy this spring, according to US Weekly.

Renee Adair is the founder and principal educator of the Australian Doula College, The Groundwork Program and their charity-arm Doula Heart Network. She first began working with women and babies in 1994 as a massage and Aromatherapist and Reiki Practitioner and in 1998 began studying and working as a Doula, Childbirth and Early Parenting Educator and Birth Counselor.

Renee checked into the Departure Lounge to explain the role of a Doula and how "close" Megan's will get to her... special delivery.