Evidence-based benefits of hiring a doula:

• 39% decrease in cesarean births

• 38% decrease in low newborn 5-minute APGAR score

• 31% decrease in birth experience dissatisfaction

• 10% decrease in pain medication usage

• 15% increase in likeliness of spontaneous vaginal birth

• 41-minute average decrease in labor duration

As you can see, there is good evidence showing that doulas help support laboring women to have better birthing experiences. All of the data was received from Evidence Based Birth.