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 258 - A Hospital Waterbirth Story with Cord Avulsion featuring EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Samantha Reisz, PhD.
EBB 257 - The Updated Evidence on Group B Strep: Part 2
EBB 256 - Top 3 Recommendations for Preventing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction after Birth with Dr. Sarah Duvall, Founder of Core Exercise Solutions
EBB 255 - Teaching Girls What They Need to Know About Their Bodies with Laurisa Paul, RN, EBB Pro Member and Founder of Girls Who Know.
EBB 254 - Evidence on Group B Strep in Pregnancy
EBB 253 - Preparing for a 38-week Labor Induction due to Intrauterine Growth Restriction with Leah Bergman, EBB Childbirth Class Graduate
EBB 252 - A Candid Conversation about Doula Advocacy with Doula and EBB Instructor Leslie Greene
Replay - EBB 166 The Experience of a Powerful and Miraculous Birth with Brooklynn and Hoang Pham
EBB 251 - Naseema McElroy, Founder of Financially Intentional, Shares her Courageous Story of Speaking up as a Labor and Delivery Nurse
EBB 250 - 2022 Year in Review with Dr. Rebecca Dekker
EBB 249 - The Joys and Challenges of Surrogacy with EBB Instructor Doula Scarlett Lynsky
EBB 248 - Processing a Cesarean while Planning for a VBAC with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate Jencie Richtman
EBB 247 - Transition from Hospital Midwifery to a Home Birth Practice with Aiyana Davison, CNM, WHNP and Founder of The Vagina Chronicles.
EBB 246 - Debunking Infant Food Reactivity Myths with Dr. Trill Paullin, Molecular Biologist and Founder of Free to Feed
EBB 245 - Evidence on Pitocin Augmentation, Epidurals, Cesarean
EBB 244 - Evidence on Artificial Rupture of Membranes, Assisted Vaginal Delivery, and Internal Monitoring
EBB 243 - Importance of Kick Counting for Preventing Stillbirth with Stephaney Moody, Health Equity Ambassador of Count the Kicks
EBB 242 - Empowering Nurses and Parents with the Founder of Bundle Birth, Sarah Lavonne
EBB 241 - The Updated Evidence on Birthing Positions
Replay - EBB 136 – Solutions for the Crisis in American Maternity Care with Jennie Joseph
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