Gentle Beginnings
Professional Prenatal, Perinatal and Postnatal Support Services
Why should I have a Doula?
Eleven scientific studies published in such places as the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology have documented the positive effects of doula support.
Reductions in:
- the overall cesarean rate by 50%
- the length of labor by 25% about 98 min
- oxytocin use by 40%
- the use of pain medication by 30%
- forceps deliveries by 40%
- requests for epidural by 60%
Increases in:
- rates of breastfeeding
- positive maternal assessments of maternal confidence
- positive maternal assessments of maternal and newborn health
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With Child.
With patience and love you carry the child within you, With joy you caress your growing belly, Waiting for the life within to blossom forth from your body, With passion for your child you learn to care and to learn what is best for you both, and with love for your child you birth him gently to the world. As you cradle him in your arms a miracle brought forth from love, What joy is on your face for your child now rests in your arms. ~With Child~ Wrote By ~ Ashleigh Sandra Welch. (CP) All rights reserved 2005
Whenever a woman gives birth to a child, she remembers the hard work no more, for the joy that a child has been born into the world.
~Jonh 16:21
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