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 139 - Evidence on Red Raspberry Leaf Tea for Natural Labor Induction
EBB 138 - Healing after a Traumatic Birth with Bianca Marie Roberson
EBB 137 - The Power of Birth Stories with Bryn Huntpalmer
EBB 136 - Solutions for the Crisis in American Maternity Care with Jennie Joseph
EBB 135 - The Need for More Indigenous Birth Workers with Miranda Kelly
EBB 134 - Natural Induction Series: Evening Primrose Oil
EBB 133 - Transitioning from Birth to Parenting with Dr. Heather Maguire
EBB 132 - Teen Pregnancy Support, and a Surrogacy Story with Ambrosia Meikle
EBB 131 - Evidence on: Pitocin During the Third Stage of Labor
EBB 130 – Home Birth in the Black Community with Isis Rose
EBB 129 - COVID-19 and your Childbirth Education Business with Natalie Eckdahl
EBB 128 - Inducing Labor with Castor Oil and Dates
EBB 127 - An unmedicated hospital birth with Katie Kane
EBB 126 - Finding the right provider, and birth in the Dominican Republic with Leiko Hidaka
EBB 125 - Evidence on Acupressure, Acupuncture and Breast Stimulation
EBB 124 – Health Disparities, Advocacy, and COVID with Sabia Wade
EBB 123 - COVID-19 update & Advocating for yourself during labor with Heather McCullough
EBB 122 - Home birth during the pandemic with Vicki Penwell
EBB 121 - COVID-19 and Pregnancy
EBB 120 – Cholestasis in Pregnancy with Nicole Phelps
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