St. Anthony North Health Campus Doulas are nationally certified birthing coaches, who are available to assist women in childbirth. They provide continuous physical, emotional and informational support.

Private, hospital-based doulas are available to any patient who requests their support during their labor and delivery at St. Anthony North Health Campus. Many of our doulas are bi-lingual, making our doula support program, the only bi-lingual one in the state.

Doula support during childbirth can contribute to:

• Decreased length of labor for first time births.
• Decreased requests for pain medication
• Decreased rate of C-sections - Our birth services program has one of the lowest cesarean section rates in Colorado.
• Increased participation of partners in the birth experience
• Increased likelihood of breastfeeding
• Improved perception of the birth experience and positive self-image