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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I loved my births at Sibley but it is definitely more difficult to have a “midwife-like experience” there. So you are right to cross it off your list.[/quote]

Agreed.  I don't think Sibley is anti-doula but there is a not a midwife practice there.  I am sure certain providers have a bit more of the midwife mindset but I don't think Sibley is your best choice[/quote]

I had two unmedicated births (with a doula) at Sibley. I think your “experience” is going to be more dictated by how your body responds to labor. I didn’t need interventions and I didn’t get interventions. However, I’ve got a friend who went for a midwife-assisted birth at GW and ended up needing a c-section because that’s what was best for her and baby.[/quote]

I wish more people had this perspective on labor. Well said, thank you. [/quote]

Yes, this. Sometimes people get lucky. Sometimes people get really unlucky. In most cases it has absolutely zero to do with you or your health and just sheer luck. There are a few factors you can control and many you cannot. With my two births I had preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, epidurals that didn’t work, a malpositioned baby, a bad reaction to a spinal, etc. None of those things were in my control, and I had to roll with them. I’ve watched friends and sisters sail through birth with full faces of make up and pushing 3 times with perfect epidurals and others deal with NICU babies, preterm infants, postpartum mood disorders, breastfeeding challenges, and so much more. If you expect going into it that there will be many surprises on your journey and that some complications may happen in your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum time, and that these may be incredibly difficult, I think you will be far more mentally prepared than if you assume you will just sail through because you are healthy or women in your family have easy births or whatever. [/quote]

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