Lin Cook
Mother's Helper
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Working within our Mission Statement includes, but is not limited to:
  • Keeping lines of communication open with clients and their chosen health care providers
  • Helping clients advocate for themselves
  • Making appropriate referrals when asked to practice outside the scope of one's abilities and/or training
  • Maintaining confidentiality
  • Honoring the client/doula contract
  • Pursuing continuing education

​The Cochrane Library published a scientific literature review in February 2011 demonstrating the many benefits of professional, continuous Labor Support.  

Among their findings:  "continuous support appeared to have the greatest impact when the companion was neither on the hospital staff nor selected from the woman’s social network (e.g., when a doula or community member provides such care) — in comparison with usual care, such care was associated with reduced use of any anesthesia/analgesia, synthetic oxytocin, and cesarean section, with reduced dissatisfaction, and with increased spontaneous birth; continuous support by a member of the hospital staff did not seem to impact cesarean section, spontaneous birth, or women’s satisfaction, and may have increased use of synthetic oxytocin; support by companions selected from the woman’s social network (e.g., partner, husband, other relative, friend) was associated with increased satisfaction, but did not seem to impact use of obstetric interventions."
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