Real Help. Real Home. Real You.
What does it look like to have one of our doula’s by your side? Let us show you:
Bringing a baby home is a wild, beautiful, exhausting, sacred unraveling. Clinical care covers the essentials, but real life with a newborn is so much more complex and personal…and that’s where we step in.
At Beyond Birthing Associates, we join you in your home, guiding you through the day-to-day rhythms—whether that’s supporting feeding, nursing or not nursing, working with sleep routines (or no routines), and helping you truly read your baby’s unique cues. We don’t hand you power like a gift—you already have it. The strongest gift is your intuition, even if this is your first time holding a baby. We help you rediscover it, trust it, and use it as your compass.
Our doulas don’t follow a script. Instead, we listen, observe, and co-create a postpartum experience around your family’s goals, values, and pace. No pressure to “do it right.” Just real, tailored support to rest, heal, and grow confidence with someone who truly understands that the answers are already inside you.
This is postpartum care designed for you—your home, your baby, your instincts—held with respect and honor.
The Growing Movement of Doula Care
Doula care is one of the fastest growing fields in maternal health.
The U.S. doula services market is now worth over $23 billion and continues to expand each year.
More than 20 states. now include doula care under Medicaid, with more states preparing to follow.
Major health organizations and insurers are recognizing doulas as an essential part of postpartum recovery and mental health support.
Hospitals, birth centers, and private families are increasingly partnering with doulas for in-home, continuous postpartum care.
The movement reflects a shift toward personalized, family-centered care , helping parents heal, rest, and bond confidently in the early weeks after birth
The Doula Effect: Evidence-Based Benefits
Research consistently demonstrates that continuous support from a trained doula during labor leads to improved outcomes for both birthing individuals and their babies. Key benefits include:
39% decrease in the risk of cesarean delivery
15% increase in the likelihood of a spontaneous vaginal birth
Increased breastfeeding rates: Doula care has been associated with higher rates of breastfeeding initiation and longer breastfeeding duration. One review showed that mothers with doula support were more likely to breastfeed past six weeks
Lower risk of postpartum depression: In a 2024 study, females with doula care had a 57.5% lower odds of being diagnosed with postpartum depression or anxiety (PPD/PPA).
10% decrease in the use of any pain relief medications
31% decrease in the use of Pitocin for labor induction or augmentation
14% decrease in the risk of newborns being admitted to a special care nursery
34% decrease in the risk of being dissatisfied with the birth experience
41-minute average reduction in the length of labor
These outcomes are supported by a range of studies, including a Cochrane review and data from the Dona International Data Project, which observed improved outcomes and lower rates of intervention among mothers under doula care
Statistics Showing Doula Care Helps with Postpartum Mental Health
A retrospective cohort study of Medicaid recipients in California, Florida, and a Northeastern U.S. state showed women who received doula care had 57.5% lower odds of postpartum depression / anxiety vs. those without doula care.
In that same study, women who received doula care during labor & birth (even if not during pregnancy) saw a 64.7% reduction in odds of postpartum depression / anxiety.
A randomized controlled trial (189 women) found that six weeks after birth, those who had continuous support had mean depression scores (Pitt Depression Inventory) less than half those of mothers who did not have that support (10.4 vs. 23.27).
Another randomized trial (63 first-time women) found that at 3 months postpartum, those with doula support scored significantly lower for depression (13.63 vs. 18.29 on the same inventory) than those without.
