Don't get me wrong - I'm not not disputing that doula's reduce the pain relief requests It just seems an odd thing to list as a form of non medical pain relief that's all. Coz even if it was the doula massaging my back.. I still wouldnt' list the doula as the pain relief, i'd list the massage as the answer to the initial question I see 'doula' as an answer to "what helped you avoid medical pain relief?". In which case my answer could still be DH He was a great advocate for what I wanted, reminded me throughout, and even went & told off the midwife for me LOL