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Benefits
The presence of a Doula is a major advantage for physicians, the women and their families. They provide a level of support that is often very difficult to achieve in a busy maternity care service. We see increased satisfaction with the birth experience, lower intervention rates and excellent infant outcomes.
- Dr. Michael Klein
MOTHER
For you are the shoreline
We long to return
After a hard season
Not unlike the moment
Of our birth
When wet and shining
We emerged
Reaching and flailing
Tethered to your warm coast
-- Blaise Allen
Benefits of having a trained Doula:
- 50% reduction in the cesarean rate
- 24% shorter labours
- 60% reduction in epidural requests
- 40% reduction in oxytocin use
- 30% reduction in analgesia use
- 40% reduction in forceps delivery
(Information was obtained from Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth, Klaus, Kennel, and Klaus, 1993.)
Shorter labours. Healthier outcomes.
Research studies have found that when Doulas attend birth.
- Labours are shorter
- There are fewer complications
- There is less need for oxytocin to speed labour.
- There are fewer forceps or vacuum extractor deliveries.
- There is less need for pain medication or epidurals.
- There are fewer cesarean deliveries.
- Babies are healthier and they breastfeed more easily.
- Women express greater satisfaction with their birth experience and an enhanced relationship with their partner.
(Information was obtained from Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth, Klaus, Kennel, and Klaus, 1993.)
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