{"id":16,"date":"2021-05-05T00:21:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T00:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-05-05T07:46:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T07:46:08","slug":"16-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/birth-doula\/16-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a Doula?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If someone told you there was something you could do to have:<\/strong>
– Fewer requests for epidurals (up to 60%)
– Shorter Labor (25% – 1 1\/2 to 2 1\/2 hours)
– Reduction in cesarean rates (up to 50%)
– Reduction in oxytocin\/pitocin use
– Neonatal hospitalization and rate of complications reduced
– Fewer forceps\/vacuum deliveries
– Increased rate of breastfeeding
– Reduction in postpartum depression
Wouldn’t you do whatever you could to get that something?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Doula’s have been proven to do exactly that!  

It’s wonderful and amazing to me that something as simple as having a trained professional providing coninuous one on one support and advocacy for the birthing family (both Mom & Dad!) can have such incredible results.

Certainly women can have a babies without a doula, but if you think that your birth experience would be less painful, less risky and more memorable with one, what in the world would stop you from having one? <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yes, I want an amazing birth experience.  Contact me for my no obligation interview! <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

References
1.) Kennell, J.H.; Klaus, M.H.; McGrath, S.K.; Robertson, S.S.; Hinkley, C.W. “Continuous Emotional Support during Labor in a U.S. Hospital.” Journal of the American Medical Association 265(1991):2197-2201
2.) Sosa, R.; Kennell, J.H.; Robertson, S.; Urrutia, J. “The Effect of a Supportive Companion on Perinatal Problems, Length of Labor and Mother-Infant Interaction.” New England Journal of Medicine 303(1980):597-600<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If someone told you there was something you could do to have:– Fewer requests for epidurals (up to 60%)– Shorter Labor (25% – 1 1\/2 to 2 1\/2 hours)– Reduction in cesarean rates (up to 50%)– Reduction in oxytocin\/pitocin use– Neonatal hospitalization and rate of complications reduced– Fewer forceps\/vacuum deliveries– Increased rate of breastfeeding– Reduction in postpartum depressionWouldn’t you do whatever you\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/33"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedexpectations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}