Akademik

an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes

doula [ˈduːlə] [ˈduːlə] noun (NAmE)

a woman whose role is to provide emotional support to a woman who is giving birth

compare ↑midwife

[doula] 1960s: modern Greek, from Greek doulē ‘female slave’.