Welcome! So, why do you need a doula?
A doula works to create a positive birth experience by providing a continuous presence during the birth, nurturing the mother, and offering physical comfort measures through breathing, relaxation, positioning, and movements, as well as emotional support and encouragement.
A doula is knowledgeable about the labor process, breastfeeding, and newborn and mother care. She is available to provide evidence-based information and support a mother and her partner as they make informed decisions about the care of mother and baby.
A doula offers continuous encouragement and reassurance to laboring women.
A doula encourages and motivates a woman to feel in control of her pregnancy.
A doula strives to reduce tension and fear and increase feelings of safety and confidence during a mother’s labor. Studies have found that the presence of a doula offers numerous benefits both to the mother and baby. Women with support have a reduction in the duration of labor, less use of pain relief medications, lower rates of operative vaginal delivery, and, in many studies, a reduction in cesarean deliveries. Newborns in supported births have lower rates of fetal distress and fewer are admitted to neonatal intensive care units. In addition, one study found that six weeks after delivery, a greater proportion of doula-supported women, compared to a control group, were breastfeeding, and these women reported greater self-esteem, less depression, and a higher regard for their babies and their ability to care for them. It has also been noted that women in the doula-supported group reported their infants as less fussy than the group without any doula support.
A doula is knowledgeable about the labor process, breastfeeding, and newborn and mother care. She is available to provide evidence-based information and support a mother and her partner as they make informed decisions about the care of mother and baby.
A doula offers continuous encouragement and reassurance to laboring women.
A doula encourages and motivates a woman to feel in control of her pregnancy.
A doula strives to reduce tension and fear and increase feelings of safety and confidence during a mother’s labor. Studies have found that the presence of a doula offers numerous benefits both to the mother and baby. Women with support have a reduction in the duration of labor, less use of pain relief medications, lower rates of operative vaginal delivery, and, in many studies, a reduction in cesarean deliveries. Newborns in supported births have lower rates of fetal distress and fewer are admitted to neonatal intensive care units. In addition, one study found that six weeks after delivery, a greater proportion of doula-supported women, compared to a control group, were breastfeeding, and these women reported greater self-esteem, less depression, and a higher regard for their babies and their ability to care for them. It has also been noted that women in the doula-supported group reported their infants as less fussy than the group without any doula support.
