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 240 - Top Five Most Surprising Findings from the EBB Abortion Research Guide with Dr. Rebecca Dekker & Doctoral Candidate Tyler Jean Dukes
EBB 239 - A Dream Preterm Birth Experience in Brazil with EBB Parents, Luciana Arraes and Jonathan Moyer
EBB 238 - Black Fatherhood and Fighting Anti-Black Racism with Brandon Diggs Williams, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
EBB 237 - Infant Feeding and Meeting your Community where they're at with Family Nurse Practitioner and IBCLC Nikki Hunter-Greenaway
EBB 236 - An Unexpected Cesarean after an Unmedicated First Birth with EBB Parent Katie Kane
EBB 235 - Evidence on IV Fluids with Dr. Rebecca Dekker
Replay - EBB 45 How do Peanut Balls Support Labor with Cheri Grant
EBB 234 - Tackling Fatphobia in Lactation with Kristin Cavuto
Episode 233 - Updates on Eating during Labor
Replay - EBB 152 Shafia Monroe on Traditional Midwifery, Spirituality, and Advocacy
EBB 232 - Advocacy, VBAC, and Becoming a Home Birth Midwife with Melek Öz
EBB 231 - A Joyful, High-Intervention Birth with EBB Childbirth Class Graduates Lisa Mangini and Anand Swaminathan
EBB 230 - An Inspirational Home Waterbirth Story with EBB Childbirth Class Graduate, Shelitha Owens
EBB 229 - Evidence on Doulas: Community-based Model, the Pandemic, and Reimbursement with the EBB Research Team
EBB 228 - Uplifting Radicalized Birth Work with Anna, The Pocket Doula
EBB 227 – Amplifying the Need for Intersectional Birth Support for QTBIPOC Birthing People with Xian Brooks of the Dandy Doula
EBB 226 - An Emergency Cesarean Due to Bandl's Ring with EBB Parent Mandy Childs and EBB Instructor Dana Patterson
EBB 225 – Trauma-Informed Childbirth Education with Mandy Irby, The Birth Nurse
EBB 224 - Failure to Progress or Failure to Wait with Ihotu Ali, Erin Wilson, and Rebecca Dekker
EBB 223 - An Empowering Hospital Water Birth Story with Samantha Parker and Justin Fontaine
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