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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used DCBD and did not have a good experience, so your mileage may vary.  No support until I'd been in the hospital for about 18 hours already, and then when I needed her to back me up during labor she didn't.  Birth went fairly sideways and then her attitude was "baby's healthy! We did it! Can you leave me a good review on Yelp?"

I had the money to spend but if it had been a stretch for me I would have been furious.  As is I'm very turned off from the concept.[/quote]

Ugh I'm sorry you had to labor like this.  I found it helpful to have them as a resource when I was dealing with an unhelpful OB, being pressured into inducing early when there was no medical reason to do so, etc.

My labor was pretty straightforward w/ great medical staff, but I wanted to have someone in case things got complicated and the nurses were not helpful (turned out not to be necessary).  TBH I was also worried about having someone deal with my husband who, as expected, was really overwhelmed and had difficultly seeing me in pain.  I needed to focus on me and the labor.[/quote]

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