Doulas are the most positive innovation I've seen. And that's because they fit in anywhere: at home, at the hospital, at birth centers."
Penny Simkin
Every woman deserves a doula!
Why? Studies show women with continual care from a trained doula benefit the mother by:
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- Shorter labors with fewer complications, first-time mothers included
- Less requests for epidural and/or other pain medications
- Decreased use of oxytocin (Pitocin) to stimulate labor
- Decreased use of forceps or vacuum extractions
- Lower rates of cesarean birth
- Mothers report greater satisfaction with their birth experience
- Fathers report greater satisfaction with the birth and more comfort supporting their wives appropriately
- More success with breastfeeding
- Lower rates of postpartum depression
- Greater self-confidence
- Stronger parent-infant bonding
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