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What is a Doula?


The word "doula" comes from the ancient Greek, meaning "a woman who serves" and is now used to refer to a trained and experienced professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after birth. A doula respects your decisions and honours your choices in the path you choose to birth your child. 

Frequently Asked Questions About Doulas

(1) What effects does the presence of a doula have on a birth outcomes?
Numerous clinical studies have found that a doula's presence at a birth can result in:
  • Shorter labours
  • Fewer complications (including reduction of forceps, vacuum extraction and cesareans)
  • Decreased need of pain management drugs including epidurals
  • Decreased need of labour inducing drugs including pitocin

(2) What effects does the presence of doula have on the mother?
When a doula is present during and after childbirth, women report greater satisfaction with their birth experience, make more positive assessments of their babies, have fewer cesareans and requests for medical intervention, and less postpartum depression.

(3) What effects does the presence of a doula have on the baby?
Studies have shown that babies born with a doula present tends to have shorter hospital stays with fewer admissions to special care nurseries, breastfeed more easily and have more affectionate mothers in the postpartum period.

(4) What effects does the presence of a doula have on the partner?
A doula is supportive to both the mother and her partner, and plays a crucial role in helping a partner become involved in the birth to the extent he feels comfortable. Partners report feeling more involved in doula assisted births.

For more information, please go to Doulas of North America website at www.dona.org
Jaydene is a doula, newborn and birth photographer located in Abbotsford, also serving Vancouver, Langley, Surrey, Chilliwack, Canada
Birth film and video licensing availably. 
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