Benifits to working with a birth doula...

 

Studies have shown that the benefits of working with the support of a doula may include:

 

-Shorter labor lengths

-Reduced requests for epidural

-Reduced rate of cesarean birth

-Reduced rates of intervention

-Increased confidence in partner

-Higher rates of breast feeding success

-More opportunity for baby bonding time

-Overall increased sense of satisfaction in the birth for mother

-Smoother transition to parenthood

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