What is a doula, and what are the different types of doulas? How many people use doulas during childbirth, and what does a doula actually do? Are there any randomized, controlled trials on doula support? What are the benefits and risks of having a doula, if any? And if the evidence shows that doulas improve health outcomes… then why are some hospitals around the world unsupportive of labor companions? And how can you find a doula if you’re interested in having one at your birth?
Today’s podcast episode with Dr. Dekker and Sara Ailshire, MA, is chock full of research from our peer-reviewed Evidence Based Birth® Signature Article: The Evidence on Doulas.
To learn more, download a free one-page handout, and view all the research references, go to ebbirth.com/doulas.
EBB Resources:
Access all the scientific references and a free 1-page handout at the EBB Signature Article: Evidence on Doulas here.
If you’re a visual learner, watch a video about the Evidence on Doulas on the EBB YouTube channel here!
Join the EBB Pro Membership and get access to contact hours, a doula mentorship program, live trainings, and a PDF Library with exclusive handouts (including a full-length printable PDF on "Evidence on: Doulas") by joining here.
Learn comfort measures and advocacy techniques through the EBB Childbirth Class.
EBB Podcasts:
EBB 195 – Grief & Healing through Pregnancy and Infant Loss with Full Spectrum Doula, Rose Rankin
EBB 207 – Gender Affirming Birth Work and Education with Full-Spectrum Doula and Childbirth Educator, Moss Froom
EBB 211 – Supporting Expectant Families through Birth and Lactation with Birth Doula and EBB Instructor Coordinator, Rikki Jenkins
EBB 229 – Evidence on Doulas with Community-Based Models and Reimbursement
EBB 252 – A Candid Conversation about Doula Advocacy with Doula and EBB Instructor Leslie Greene
EBB 285 – Creating a Sustainable Career in Birth Work with Jessica Diggs, Doula Mentor and Co-Founder of Centered.
EBB 122 - Home birth during the pandemic with Vicki Penwell
EBB 121 - COVID-19 and Pregnancy
EBB 120 – Cholestasis in Pregnancy with Nicole Phelps
EBB 119 - Nurse Midwifery as a Career Option with Liane MacPherson
EBB 118 - How to Have a Healthy Postpartum Transition with Dr. Alyssa Berlin
EBB 117 - The Evidence on Inducing for Due Dates
EBB 116 - Inclusion for Queer and Trans Parent Families with Danie Crofoot
EBB 115 - Self-Advocacy in Birth, and Tongue and Lip Tie with Michelle Odoerfer
EBB 114 - Fighting for Birth Needs as a Single Parent with Jenny Russell
EBB 113 - The Evidence on VBAC
EBB 112 - How Evidence Based Birth®️ Changed Me as a Nurse with Jessica Hazboun
EBB 111 - Positioning Breech Babies with Dr. Elliot Berlin
EBB 110 - Inside an Unplanned, Unassisted Home Birth with Parent Sabrina Tran
EBB 109 - Evidence Based Birth®️ in 2020!
EBB 108 - EBB Conference Series: Birth Workers of Color
EBB 107 - EBB Conference Series: Midwives
EBB 106 - EBB Conference Series: Nurses and Doulas
EBB 105 - Perspectives on the Evidence Based Birth Conference with Heather Thompson and Dr. Sayida Peprah
EBB 104 - The Evidence on Saline Locks
EBB 103 - Identifying Areas for Social Justice with Danielle Jackson
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