sposue/partner present during labor and delivery

offlabel · Mar 29, 2019

What measurable and reproducible elements will you be trying to identify?

kevinm23 · Mar 29, 2019

I am trying to prove that there is a significant difference in outcome in birth such as a reduction of stress, meds, labor or anything of that nature when a spouse/doula is involved.

offlabel · Mar 29, 2019

How do you measure a reduction in stress and labor?

vimmie · Mar 29, 2019

You could look at women's opinion on their birth experience. Like how satisfied they were with their birth experience or you could look at the rate of c sections or epidurals between different women using different types of support. Tbh, most women have some type of support with them in labor and that support varies a lot, from the partner who sleeps their way through labor in a chair to those that are at their partner's side throughout with water and cold wash cloths. There are several research papers that explore how doula support specifically helps with improved outcomes. Personally, I've found sisters/mothers/aunts some of the best support for women during labor.

kevinm23 · Mar 29, 2019

4 hours ago, vimmie said:
You could look at women's opinion on their birth experience. Like how satisfied they were with their birth experience or you could look at the rate of c sections or epidurals between different women using different types of support. Tbh, most women have some type of support with them in labor and that support varies a lot, from the partner who sleeps their way through labor in a chair to those that are at their partner's side throughout with water and cold wash cloths. There are several research papers that explore how doula support specifically helps with improved outcomes. Personally, I've found sisters/mothers/aunts some of the best support for women during labor.

i think that is what i am going to do but the problem is that i cant really find research papers that shows that having a spouse in the labor and delivery room can make a difference besides but i found a lot of evidence on doula

vimmie · Mar 29, 2019

Yeh- don’t think you’ll find much because there are very few women that don’t have their spouse/partner in the labor room with them these days.

kevinm23 · Mar 29, 2019

1 minute ago, vimmie said:
Yeh- don’t think you’ll find much because there are very few women that don’t have their spouse/partner in the labor room with them these days.

so can i make the connection that doula and spouse/partners are the same- what i mean - can i use the same evidence that is being used for doula to say that this can also be applied to spouse/partners

offlabel · Mar 29, 2019

6 minutes ago, kevinm23 said:
i think that is what i am going to do but the problem is that i cant really find research papers that shows that having a spouse in the labor and delivery room can make a difference besides but i found a lot of evidence on doula

Someone with a doula self selects into a very specific and motivated group. They can be in a subset that is affluent, well educated and physically fit, but most of all, motivated to have very specific outcomes. I wonder if you looked at that socioeconomic subset, with and without a doula, and see what comes of it.

kevinm23 · Mar 29, 2019

i did and their is a difference but i am trying to make my argument that anyone in the L&D can help make a difference in the outcome of the birth but if it only specific to doula then there goes my entire argument

12 minutes ago, vimmie said:
Yeh- don’t think you’ll find much because there are very few women that don’t have their spouse/partner in the labor room with them these days.

ruby_jane, BSN, RN · Mar 29, 2019

If you can't find data you might want to adjust your topic. Best of luck.

jennylee321 · Apr 1, 2019

No you can't use the doula research because the outcomes such as less intervention and better breastfeeding outcomes have been proven specifically for doulas but not spouse/partner.