Make a positive difference to your pregnancy and birth experience

What's better about hiring Erika and the Birthready doula team? 

Not only does 20 years of birth experience count for something, but many studies confirm that having a trained doula helps birth be a more positive experience for women and their partner:

• Greater maternal satisfaction

• Increased sense of wellbeing and control

• Fewer medical interventions

• Increased vaginal birth after caesarean success (VBAC)

• Shorter labours

• More confident and supportive partners

• Better mother-infant interaction

• Increased success in breastfeeding

• Decreased postpartum depression

Testimonials and feedback from Erika's clients

Cochrane review: Continuous support for women during childbirth

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003766.pub4/abstract

 Erika personal doula client outcomes from 2009-2016 are:

• 80% of all labouring women gave birth without narcotics or epidural
• 12% epidural rate versus 32.2% nationally
• 17% gas rate versus 50% nationally
• 65% unassisted vaginal births versus 56.8% nationally
• 16% unplanned caesarean births versus 31.5% nationall
• 4% planned caesarean births
• 75% Vaginal birth after caesarean 
• 12% assisted vaginal births versus 12% nationally

National statistics: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia's mothers and babies 2009.  

With the Birthready doula team as your back up, have the peace of mind that you'll have a great doula by your side.  It's cheaper than a holiday and probably the most significant life experience you'll ever have!  A doula is worth your effort to invest in.  

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