WOMB SERVICE

Kristen Downer

Midwife Apprentice and Professional Birth Doula

Click here to see doulas in action: DOULAS

 A doula is a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth. This includes, preparation for birth helping the laboring woman with encouragement, comfort measures, relaxation techniques, and an objective viewpoint, as well as support after childbirth, such as help with breastfeeding. Trained doulas understand the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of a woman in labor. Generally, doulas believe that pregnancy and birth are normal, natural and healthy processes.

Having a doula can lead to:

50% fewer cesarean sections

25% shorter labors with fewer complications

40% less use of pitocin

60% fewer requests for epidural anethesia

40% reduction in forceps delivery

Better success with breastfeeding

Less postpartum depression