Women's Health and Hospital Midwifery Services
Inviting additional people to your birth is a personal choice. Your midwife will be with you one on one throughout labor providing clinical support to you and your baby. A doula provides continuous emotional, spiritual, and physical support for you and your family. Research supporting the presence of a doula at your birth is overwhelmingly positive: reduction in use of pain medications, reduction in cesarean births, and greater satisfaction with birth experiences.