Benefits of Having a Doula

Benefits of using a doula include:

• Cesarean section: decreases 50%
• Length of labor: decreases 25%
• Oxytocin use: decreases 40%
• Pain medications: decreases 30%
• Epidurals: decreases 60%
• Forceps: decreases 30%
• Decreases postpartum depression
• Increases maternal satisfaction
• Increases mother - infant bonding
• Improves breastfeeding

Rain, after all is only rain; it is not bad weather. So also, pain is only pain; unless we resist it, then it becomes torment.   ~ I Ching