Yeah, still get that reaction a lot.  As well as the whole… why would someone need a doula?  That is what the doctor and nurses are for isn’t it?

yeah, doctor will show up once the baby is crowning, or if they want to leave for the night and need to hurry you along… ahem.  Anyway.

Nurses.  Most L&D floors are understaffed and under regulated.  Sometimes there is one nurse for X amount of patients.  And X does NOT equal one.

The title of this post caught me off guard. Then I read it.

Then I read it again.

Then I realized it was only about three minutes up and out here on the internet.

Then I cried.  Because I did grow up with birth as a perfectly normal thing.  I grew up with midwives and unassisted birth as a norm.  I grew up with my mother telling me they strapped down her hands when she was in labour with us… shudder. I grew up knowing that my best bet, was to stay home and give birth with a midwife.  Which is only what happened with the last two… not for lack of trying with my first pregnancy… but there you have it.

Yeah, I wish there weren’t doula’s too.