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[1] 3%5 [2] The use of doulas is supported by evidence. The majority of women (88%) who use a doula rate their support as “excellent.”5 [3] Women who receive continuous support from a doula are more likely to have spontaneous vaginal births and less likely to have epidurals, pain medication, negative feelings about childbirth, vacuum or forceps-assisted births, and surgical births. In addition, their labors were shorter by about 1 hour and their babies were less likely to have low Apgar scores at birth21 [0] 
Continuous labor support from a doula
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