Studies have shown that women who use a doula to support them during labour can benefits in the following ways:

• less likely to have pain-relief medications administered
• less likely to have a cesarean birth
• less likely to have complications during labour
• more likely to have shorter labors
• shorter hospital stays after birth
• fewer struggle with breastfeeding
• more positive childbirth experience
• mothers were more satisfied overall with their birth experiences
• mothers had more positive feelings toward babies with less postpartum depression
• newborns were less likely to have poor vital signs 5 minutes after birth