What is a Doula?
The benefits of hiring a doula are evidence-based. Doula-supported women are:
28% less likely to have a caesarian section
31% less likely to use synthetic oxytocin to speed up labor
9% less likely to use any pain medication
34% less likely to rate their childbirth experience negatively
Doulas provide non-clinical, continuous labor support to birthing people and their families. They listen carefully to the pregnant person’s desires for their birth experience and center these preferences throughout the birth. They offer unwavering care for the birthing person’s emotional well-being, suggestions for comfort measures and birthing positions, support for the birth partner, and assistance in gathering information as the birth progresses. Doulas are advocates, nurturers, supporters, and loving companions to birthing people and their families.
