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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like you were supposed to schedule a couple nights shortly after birth. That would allow her to plan out her clients by due date. You have chosen instead to string her along to the point when other clients are now due and that’s put her in a tough spot. It sounds like the care she was supposed to provide was transitioning you home with baby, so she’s wondering why you would still need that at this point.

I don’t think you understand the services you signed up for. Sounds like bad communication to me.[/quote]

This. It’s not intended to bank as a night nanny later on. My doula did not provide overnights but she did come for a postpartum visit and brought me a beautiful meal and looked after babe so I could shower and nap.

Her postpartum service also included phone and text support the first month to help with my healing and new mom stuff. She had boundaries of course and it wasn’t always instant communication, found this enormously helpful.

Now she eventually transitioned her services to postpartum work so it might not be the norm minus that initial visit.

She did have back up for my birth (and a Babysitter) but thankfully no conflicts even with a long labor. I credit my postpartum lack of trauma to her steady presence. Our birth was rough and she kept me and my husband supported emotionally so we could ride that experience. 
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