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7 Reasons To Work With A Doula

1. Emotional Support
A doula is a steady, compassionate presence—someone who walks beside you with deep care, intuition, and nonjudgmental support through all the emotional and spiritual layers of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

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2. Personalized, Holistic Care
Whether you're planning a hospital birth, home birth, or something in between, a doula meets you where you are and weaves in holistic practices that resonate with your needs and values.

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3. Empowered Decision-Making
Doulas don’t make decisions for you— we provide evidence-based information so you can make choices that align with your values and intuition, without pressure or fear.

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4. Continuity of Care
Consistent, familiar support from start to finish. From prenatal visits to birth and into postpartum, we are the familiar face who knows your story and holds it with care. 

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5. Advocacy Without Agenda
Doulas help amplify your voice. Whether that means facilitating clear communication with medical staff or simply reminding you of your options, we stand beside you—not to push an agenda, but to support your autonomy.

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6. Physical Support

Through massage, acupressure, movement, positioning, and breathwork, doulas offer hands-on support to help ease labour sensations and support the labour and birth process.

 

7. Enhancing Satisfaction
Doula care is linked to lower intervention rates and greater satisfaction, helping you feel confident, honoured, and truly supported in your choices.

What Research Shows Us

Individuals who receive continuous support during labour from a non-medical, non-family person, such as a doula, can experience:

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  • 31% reduced use of Pitocin (synthetic oxytocin)

  • 28% lower likelihood of cesarean delivery

  • 12% higher chance of vaginal birth

  • 9% reduced need for pharmaceutical pain relief

  • 14% lower risk of newborns requiring special care nursery admission

  • 34% decrease in dissatisfaction with their birth experience

 

 

Source:

 Dekker, R. (2017, August 14). Evidence on: Doulas. Retrieved from Evidence Based Birth website: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/the-evidence-for-doulas/

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Serving: Greater Victoria Area & Southern Gulf Islands | British Columbia, Canada

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I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional, unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. I honour the ongoing stewardship of this land and the wisdom of Indigenous communities past, present, and future.

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