Studies have shown that when doulas attend birth, labors are shorter with fewer complications, babies are healthier and they breastfeed more easily. ​

A Birth Doula recognizes birth as a key experience the mother will remember all her life. She understands the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of a woman in labor. Assisting the woman in preparing for and carrying out her plans for birth. She stays with the woman continuously throughout the entire labor, provides emotional support, physical comfort measures and an objective viewpoint, as well as helping the woman get the information she needs to make informed decisions. She facilitates communication between the laboring woman, her partner and her clinical care providers. Perceiving her role as nurturing and protecting the woman’s memory of the birth experience. She allows the woman’s partner to participate at his/her comfort level.