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Doula Statistics
A Doula is a woman who helps women and their families through the late pregnancy stage, labor and birth and the early postpartum period with physical, emotional and educational support.
Here are some of the statistical changes in a birth that having a Doula makes:
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25% shorter labor
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50% reduction in cesarean rate
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60% reduction in epidural requests
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40% reduction in pitocin use
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30% reduction in analgesia use
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40% reduction in assisted delivery
Mothering the mother: How Having a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth (Klaus, Kennell and Klaus 1993)
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