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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't have any health concerns, I was in my 20's, and the truth is I was friendly with a woman who was a doula and training to be a midwife and she talked about it sometimes. About how happy it made her to help people when they were anxious, to help people bring a new person into the world, how much she liked having control over how much interaction she had with new mothers, etc. So one day I asked her "how would I determine if I'd be a good candidate for a midwife?" and she said "ask your obgyn." And when my obgyn said sure go for it, I asked my midwife friend for a rec. My midwife brought a doula. I got foot massages. I got personalized nursing lessons once in the hospital and twice at home. They brought soup. They taught my husband and I how to bathe the baby. Practiced with DH how to swaddle. I felt like they went above and beyond but they swore "this is just what we do." I just don't think I'd have gotten that level of attention from an obgyn.[/quote]
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