DEMONSTRATION LESSON IN ENGLISH 4 MATATAG CURRICULUM
The doula advantage in English
1. The Doula
Advantage
What do we know?
Information Technology in Nursing
NR 110. 404
Fall 2010
Trish Bermudez, Kara Cruice, Hai Yen Ho, Lindi Hobongwana, Katya Simon
16. In conclusion, the presence of a doula
brings you ….
• More likely to give birth without sedation
medications (analgesia or anesthesia).
• More likely to have a spontaneous vaginal birth.
• More likely to breastfeed your babies.
• More satisfaction with childbirth experiences
• Shorter labor length.
• Less complications
(Hodnett, Gates, & Sakala, 2007)
17. Doula – the “lemons into lemonade”
converter in your birth room!
18. References
ACOG Committee Opinion No. 343: psychosocial risk factors: perinatal
screening and intervention (2006) Obstet Gynecol. 108(2), 469-77.
Hodnett, ED, Gates, S, & Sakala, C. (2007). Continuous support for women
during childbirth (review). The Cochrane Collaboration, (4), 1-72.
McGrath, SK., Kennell J.H. (2008). A randomized controlled trial of continuous
labor support for middle-class couples: effect on cesarean delivery rates.
Birth, 35(2), 92-7.
Nommsen-Rivers LA, Mastergeorge AM, Hansen RL, Cullum AS, Dewey KG.,
Initials. (2009). Doula care, early breastfeeding outcomes, and breastfeeding
status at 6 weeks postpartum among low-income primiparae. J Obstet
Gynecol Neonatal Nurs., 38(2), 157-73
Scott KD, Klaus PH, Klaus MH., Initials. (1999). The obstetrical and postpartum
benefits of continuous support during childbirth. J Womens Health Gend
Based Med. , 8(10), 1257-64.