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 163 - Stress and Anxiety During Pregnancy with Nathalie Walton, CEO of Expectful
EBB 162 - Preparing and Powering through Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic with Jamie and Ryan English
EBB 161 - Addressing Maternity Bias and Infant Care with Irth app Founder, Kimberly Seals Allers
EBB 160 - Introducing Mystique Hargrove: EBB Featured Instructor
EBB 159 - Failure to Progress
EBB 158 - Empowering Hospital Birth Experience during COVID-19 with Fiona and Craig Castleton
EBB 157 - Year End Wrap Up of 2020
EBB 156- Nicole Deggins of Sista Midwife Productions on Navigating Systemic Racism in Birth Work
EBB 155 - Pelvic Floor Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum with Dr. Juan Michelle Martin
EBB 154 - Birthing at Home during COVID-19 with Grace and Roderick Murphy
EBB 153 – Pros and Cons of the Foley and Dilapan-S® for Cervical Ripening During an Induction
EBB 152 - Shafia Monroe on Traditional Black Midwifery, Spirituality, and Community Advocacy
EBB 151- Updated Evidence on the Pros and Cons of Membrane Sweeping
EBB 150 - Global Childbirth Education in Japan with Brett Iimura
EBB 148 - Community, Black Midwifery, and Advocacy with Brittany "Tru" Kellman of Jamaa Birth Village
EBB 147 - Long Preterm Birth with Caitlyn Martens
EBB 146 - Giving Birth in Atlanta with Tara Thompson
EBB 145 - Fatherhood and Advocacy in Birth with JaMichael Perryman
EBB 144 - Evidence on Pineapple and Sex for Natural Labor Induction
EBB 143 - Birthing in a World with Reproductive Justice with Ihotu Ali, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, and Shayla Walker
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