title: Healthy birth practice #3: bring a loved one, friend, or doula for continuous support.
abstract: All women should be allowed and encouraged to bring a loved one, friend, or doula to their birth without financial or cultural barriers. Continuous labor support offers benefits to mothers and their babies with no known harm. This article is an updated evidence-based review of the "Lamaze International Care Practices that Promote Normal Birth, Care Practice #3: Continuous Labor Support," published in The Journal of Perinatal Education, 16(3), 2007.
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hotelling
keywords: birth; birth doula; labor support