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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless your doula IS your support person, right? This is the case for my sister's best friend, who is due in 2 weeks. [/quote] Per Physicians and Midwives (delivering at Inova Alexandria) webpage as of 3/24: Patients can only have one (1) support person in the hospital. Patients can choose to have your doula or your spouse but not both. It must be the same support person throughout the entire hospital stay – no switching out. I think the Inova policy letter means you cannot have both a “support person” (partner/friend/etc. technically considered a visitor) AND a professional/paid certified doula who a patient could make an argument is a member of the clinical care team though obviously not employed by the hospital. It seems some (but fewer and fewer) hospitals are still allowing both. [/quote]
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