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- - 50% reduction in the cesarean rate
- - 25% shorter labor
- - 60% reduction in epidural requests
- - 40% reduction in oxytocin use
- - 30% reduction in analgesia use
- - 40% reduction in forceps delivery
Excerpted from Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth, Klaus, Kennel, and Klaus (1993)
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