By: Isabel De Anda

Molly Patterson is a birth and postpartum doula, who has assisted women with labor for 28 years. She owns a business, Tender Hands Doula Services, and provides the women of Lane County with pregnancy support as well as prenatal education. Being a doula, this means she provides emotional as well as physical support in the labor experience, and interacts with women to make sure their voice is heard throughout labor.