Increasingly, women are finding that they want someone at their birth who is experienced in birth support, especially as many are wanting to avoid the side effects of pain medications that are commonly used at birth. As women are becoming more aware that interventions in childbirth can lead to a cascade of other problems including problems with breastfeeding and bonding, women are looking for ways to avoid any unnecessary interventions. Doulas have become popular as support people at birth due to their training in skills which they use to help keep you comfortable in labour, as well as their knowledge about birth matters which, prenatally they share with women to help prepare them for birth.

I have listed here some frequently asked questions about what doulas are and what they do.