BENEFITS OF USING A DOULA



A study conducted Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston published by JAMA included over 1000 women and demonstrated that the attendance of a Doula results in the following benefits:
  • decreased cesarean rate by 50%
  • decreased labor by 25%
  • decreased induction and augmentation by 40%
  • decreased need for pain medication by 30%
  • decreased need for forceps by 40%
  • decreased request of epidurals by 60%
  • less episiotomies and vacuum extractions
  • improved neonatal outcome
  • increased success with breastfeeding
  • greater maternal satisfaction
  • decreased postpartum depression

"If a drug were to have this same effect, it would be unethical not to use it."
- Dr. John Kennell