By Sophie Brigstocke In Monday’s Independent (20th April 2015) Hannah Fearn discussed how more women are employing doulas to support them during birth due to the fear of not having support from midwives. Whilst we welcome positive reports of doulas in the mainstream press there are a few comments that need clarification. It is certainly true…
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Research into the value of Doulas
Nurturing Birth is delighted to have undertaken some research in to the value of doulas in the UK in 2013. This has been published in MIDIRS, the midwifery journal, in June 2014, and it was taken to the International Conference of Midwives in Prague. To read the full research article click here.