Doulas

Doulas Doulas or Labor Assistants/Birth Assistants provide emotional, physical, and educational support through pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. All doulas listed here have been professionally trained.
Benefits of Having a Trained Doula 50% reduction in the cesarean rate 25% shorter labor 60% reduction in epidural requests 40% reduction in oxytocin use 30% reduction in analgesia use 40% reduction in forceps delivery Information was obtained from Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can HelpYou Have a Shorter Easier and Healthier Birth, Klaus, Kennell, and Klaus (1993).

Shreveport Labor Union