I had a doula, not a medically trained attendant. I was dumped by my mw and in the hours after that my partner and I decided that given our recent arrival in a new city (we'd moved 3 weeks before) and because my sister (lives nearby) was...
This isn't mine but a birth I was at recently. Preterm labour so although a planned UBA2C the mama went to hospital as she thought she was ill rather than in labour. Discovered at the hospital she was in labour! What a shock. Her baby...
My first hb ended in an unnecessary transfer to an unnecessarean. Still don't regret it It would not have been better to have had the "care" of a hospital as a first time mother, nor the pressure for a solid EDD, induction,...
