Obstetrical Benefits of a Doula on Childbirth and Early ParentingIncreased:
- Positive feelings about labor
- Acceptance of the baby
- Self-esteem
- Feelings of control
- Mother’s participation
Decreased:
- Intervention;
Oxytocin use by 40%
Pain medications (narcotics) by 30%
Forceps & vacuum extractors by 30%
Epidurals- Maternal fever
- Anxiety
- Tension
- Length of labor by 25%
- Septic work ups
- Cesareans by 50%
- Days in neonatal ICU
- Neo-natal problems
- Postpartum depression
Long term benefits: