Caption first picture (top right)- Pain Relief: Beth Viquesney relaxes at 38 1/2 weeks into her pregnancy as she gets a massage from Francine Eastwood, a doula, in Viquesney's Tempe home. Eastwood travels with a portable massage table and meets with Viquesney once a week to help relieve the muscle aches of pregnancy.

Caption large picture- Joyous welcome: Francine Eastwood, back left, is a doula who aided Beth Viquesney as she delivered baby Hannah in October. New father Mark looks at the clock while Dr. Marvin Gibbs prepares to cut the cord.

Caption lower left picture- Eastwood basks in the joy of motherhood from a distance as she watches Viqesney and her new daughter.

Caption lower right (smallest) picture- Pain Relief: Beth Viqeusney gives birth to her first child at St. Luke's Hospital in Tempe in October. Her husband, Mark, comforts her during a painful contraction about two-thirds of the way into labor.

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