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Did you have a midwife and doula  

Poll Results: Which professionals were at your birth

 
  • 50% (3)
    midwife and her/his assitant only
  • 50% (3)
    midwife, her/his assitant, and doula
  • 0% (0)
    midwife, her/his assitant, doula and pp doula
  • 0% (0)
    midwife, her/his assitant, and pp doula
6 Total Votes  
post #1 of 4
9/25/03 at 9:14pm
Thread Starter 
Just wondering if most people hire a seperate doula or use the midwife and assistant only.
post #2 of 4
9/25/03 at 11:23pm
W/our attended birth, we had just our two MW's. We asked their other "trainee" not to come. We wanted as few strangers tehre as possible!
Now, we do it ourselves. A PP doula would be nice though.
post #3 of 4
9/25/03 at 11:26pm
for my first I had a midwife, her assistant midwife, and my doula. I wouldn't have had it any other way. the doula was there with me all day, the mw got there about 4 hours before the birth, the assistant about 2 hours before.

for my second child the doula seemed extravagant (their rate out here is $800) since I was having my second homebirth and not really worried about the labor I only had the mw and her asst. that worked out fine also.
post #4 of 4
9/26/03 at 12:26am
I had mw only. Actually it was the apprentice..the main mw was on vacation. The apprent. was supposed to have someone to come with her..but didn't.
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