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[quote=Anonymous]Can you ask the By Your Side doulas which CWC group they'd most recommend?  I've attended births at Holy Cross as a doula and I must say, it can be a tough place to have an unmedicated birth unless it's not a first baby or things go really smoothly/quickly.  Not impossible, but definitely more of an uphill battle than at other area hospitals.

Some of the CWC doctors are tolerant of unmedicated birth, and many of them are really lovely and skilled, but I think often the HC protocols can make unmedicated birth tough to actually achieve -- nurses and OBs at HC tend to be very conservative when it comes to induction, monitoring, access to hydrotherapy (shower), etc. and these protocols can greatly impact how manageable labor is for a woman.  I think because unmedicated birth is still very rare at Holy Cross, the nurses and OBs just don't have a lot of skills to support it, and it's not generally a priority for them to help you achieve it.

Having a doula will certainly help, and I am not saying it can't be done -- have had many clients avoid medication at HC, but having seen birth at many area hospitals, I think many of my HC clients have had to work harder (both as far as advocating for themselves, and just in managing labor) than clients at other birth settings.  So I think it's good to try and find a practice that feels like a good fit, but also to be realistic that unmedicated birth is not something Holy Cross excels at supporting to the same degree as other area hospitals.   [/quote]

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