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[quote=Anonymous]Not a popular opinion but I'd save the money for a postpartum doula and have some help overnight and with your recovery - meals, lactation, prioritizing sleep.

Birth doulas are great for comfort measures but so are some nurses. For medically complicated cases you're going to want to trust your Dr and the medical staff not a doula. For ama and diabetes during pregnancy you may be looking at an induction and not going full term. Diabetes can contribute to a higher section rate. Your ob/mfm will make a safety plan. The nurses and medical team will take care of your medical complications. Not a doula.

If you want someone to be there with you so you're not alone between rn checks. Then that's another story. Often doula's work for the clients and want a different outcome -  low intervention birth when it's in fact medically necessary. In that moment do you want someone contradicting your ob/MFM who is evidence based and trained to handle emergencies and keep you alive.

All of this is said assuming you are at a private hospital. You aren't a POC and you trust your medical team. [/quote]

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