Reduction of Narcotic & Epidural requests
Doulas decrease the requests for narcotic medications by 10%** and epidurals by 60%*
Reduction of pitocin use
Doulas reduce the use of pitocin in labors by 40%*
shorter labor
Doulas decrease the length of labor by 25% (a reduction of 40 minutes up to 2 hours)*
reduction in cesarean section surgery
Doulas decrease the overall cesarean rate by 50%*
Other Benefits include:
Better outcomes for baby and birther (decrease risk of lower Apgar score by 38%); 15% higher chance of spontaneous vaginal birth; 31% decrease in the risk of being dissatisfied with your childbirth experience; birthers have less anxiety and less pain resulting in a clinically meaningful impact**
*Statistics from Americanpregnancy.org
** Statistics from evidencebasedbirth.com