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Share Your Doula Experience? (XP with Sept board)
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Curious what your good or bad experiences with doulas have been like, and if you wish you did or did have one at your birth. I'm looking into a labor doula because while I plan to deliver @ Adventist (thought about a home birth but I live in an apartment), I'm not totally comfortable with it. I am pretty sure I do want a natural birth and the nurses on my tour seemed way too comfortable with the idea of elective c-sections and procedures for my taste. I love my OB and plan to talk to her at length at my next visit, but I would like an extra person advocating for my wishes. (I'll admit, a big part of wanting a doula was watching The Business of Being Born, which made me want to change my whole birth plan, basically.)
Alternative Housewife - Mama style on a budget
Mama to Sebastian, born 9/2010
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Re: Share Your Doula Experience? (XP with Sept board)
We used Stacey M at Mother Tree. https://www.mothertreebirth.com/who_educators_staceyb.html
We were also aiming for a birth with as few interventions as possible. Stacey was a great advocate for us. I labored for 35 hours, and she made sure to chat with the new nurses at every shift change. Stacey taking on the advocate role meant that my husband and I could continue to focus on the birth. She talked things through with us when things didn't go as planned and we had to go a different direction. Also, she and my doctor worked amazingly well together. I can look back and know that even though I wasn't able to follow my exact desired route, I made the right decision at each step along the way.