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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am no longer a doula but was an active one for over 10 years.  The blatant lies that OB Nurses and Doctors tell mothers are terrible.  Women are taken advantage of every single day and damaged and sometimes don't even know it for years after a birth.   Choose your provider and birth place carefully![/quote]

Like what? As a doula, did you tell the woman they were being lied to? [/quote]

We speak about the risks prior to labor and there is only so much a doula can do if the mother/partner are bullied into procedures or interventions that were not medically necessary or ended up causing more interventions.  I cannot speak for the mother, I support her choices.  When an intervention is suggested, I try to give my clients a review  of pros and cons but it's up to them.  Panic sometimes sets in and Obs know how to manipulate. The majority of the births I supported went well but there are a few that haunt me.  Also, what I see is sometimes
 different than what the mother experiences.  If she feels good about her birth but I have seen her Ob do something damaging to her IMO, I am not going to ruin her memory of her experience.  If she does not feel great about it and asks me, I might offer my obeservations and notes.

I have attended over 200 births, question everything your medical provider does and unless it's medically necessary, don't induce. [/quote]

I don't understand-what is the ulterior motive of the OB[/quote]

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