Benefits of 1:1 Labor Support with Doula

Repost from @doctor_midwife

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This about being capable.

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Your body knows exactly what it’s doing, and quiet as it’s kept you’re going to have a baby either way. Even when you’ve been underestimated.

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What you need is support to do what you are already capable of. You do not need a hinderance in your natural born abilities to have a baby. You know that right?

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Evidence is old, solid, clear and irrefutable ➡️ 1:1 labor support ⬇️

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🌸Increases your likelihood of a achieving a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery

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🌸 It increases the likelihood of you having a satisfactory birth experience

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🌸 Pregnant people are less likely to have any pain medication in labor

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🌸 Folks with 1:1 labor support are also less likely to have epidurals

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🌸 There’s decreased use of vacuums or forceps-assistance at their births when people have continuous labor support

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🌸1:1 labor support has been shown to decrease the length of labor

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🌸Babies born to those with 1:1 continuous labor support are less likely to have poor APGAR scores at birth.

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☝🏾 And no, your labor and delivery nurse is not your 1:1 support. Neither is your doctor or your midwife, and prolly not even your partner 💁🏽‍♀️

Do what you want though.

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Let me remind you though that one thing is for sure, that baby is coming out either way.

🌸🌸🌸Did you have 1:1 labor support?🌸🌸 ⬇️

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