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With doula support,

you feel confidentyou make decisionsyou stay informed

With doula support,

you feel confidentyou make decisionsyou stay informed

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What’s a Doula?

Learn all about what doulas do and how you can benefit from doula support.

Join the DAI

Learn more about joining Ireland’s most active community of professional doulas.

Post-Natal Doula: Now Covered by Irish Life Health

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Birth Doula Support

Evidence-Based Benefits

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Less chance of having a c-section
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More likely to have a positive birth experience
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Reduced use of labour-inducing drugs
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Less risk of baby having a low APGAR score

Monthly Member Spotlight

Jan Duffy

Jan has been a birth Doula since 2011. She’s trained in hypnobirthing and is an experienced prenatal yoga teacher who has helped hundreds of Irish women use yoga in pregnancy and childbirth. She also teaches a range of classes for women: pre- and post-natal, pelvic floor, and fertility.

She regularly leads active birth workshops for pregnant women and their partners. She has attended homebirths as well as births in hospital, working closely alongside midwives and clinical staff. She is constantly inspired by the women she works with.

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