Sentences with phrase «continuous labor support from»

Continuous labor support from a trained doula is associated with improved outcomes and potential cost savings.

Increasing access to continuous labor support from a birth doula may facilitate decreases in non-indicated cesarean rates among women who desire doula care.

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From this study, researchers concluded that «women who received continuous labor support were more likely to give birth «spontaneously», without caesarean, vacuum, or forceps, less likely to use pain medications, have shorter labors and have an overall more positive birth experience.»

In their studies, Drs. Klaus and Kennell also discovered the benefits of continuous emotional and physical support from another woman in labor.

Women who have continuous support from someone who is not a friend, a family member, or a member of the hospital staff labor for shorter periods and are less likely to need interventions, research shows.

The meta - analysis found that the continuous labor support could come from a doula, midwife, nurse, husband, partner, mother or friend, but it was most effective when provided by someone who was neither a hospital employee nor a relative or close friend of the mother.