Senate Bill 692 requires commercial insurance companies to cover doula services! Oregon is recognizing what advocates have long known: doula care is not a luxury — it is evidence-based support that improves health outcomes for parents and babies. 

The time has come, labor has started and you are excited to finally meet your baby! In the midst of labor, your provider has questions about next steps. You know you’ve thought this scenario over, but between the intense contractions, you just can’t remember what your plan was. If only you had a document that kept track of your birth preferences for specific scenarios so that everyone on your care team was kept in the loop. Spoiler — there is! It’s called a Birth Plan! 

There are a plethora of other comfort measures that can help ease pain in labor. Let us walk you through them!