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“So when I thought about labor, I wasn’t concerned. My plan was to wait for contractions to kick in, get an epidural, push for a few moments and—voila!—my new baby would arrive. But what no one—not my OB-GYN, anesthesiologist, or the nurses at the hospital—told me was that sometimes epidurals don’t work.”
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“The research on doulas over the years has continued to demonstrate that doulas reduce the likelihood of giving birth by cesarean. And when a cesarean is necessary, whether planned or unplanned, a doula can help their client before, during and after the procedure.”
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Love seeing sibling meetings!
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Love seeing sibling meetings!
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“’She made everything better for me,’ Baker says of her doula. ‘She knew exactly what I wanted, she knew me, she’d spent many more hours with me than the midwife in the room who had never met me before.’”

“Lying head-to-head and holding her doula’s hand throughout the labour made ‘every stress and worry go away’, Baker adds.”
from Agape Birth Doula Services https://ind.pn/2VUevXT

“Fortunately, most of these deaths are considered preventable, and therefore, much more can be done to stop them. First, everyone—from doctors to the media to the public—needs to stop blaming women for their own deaths. Instead we should focus on better understanding the underlying contributing factors. These include a lack of data; not educating patients about signs and symptoms—and not believing them when they speak up; errors made by health care providers; and poor communication among different health care teams. Finally, studies have shown that interventions such as wider access to midwifery, group prenatal care, and social and doula support are effective in improving maternal health outcomes.”
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