Anonymous wrote:I used DCBD and did not have a good experience, so your mileage may vary. No support until I'd been in the hospital for about 18 hours already, and then when I needed her to back me up during labor she didn't. Birth went fairly sideways and then her attitude was "baby's healthy! We did it! Can you leave me a good review on Yelp?"

I had the money to spend but if it had been a stretch for me I would have been furious. As is I'm very turned off from the concept.

Ugh I'm sorry you had to labor like this. I found it helpful to have them as a resource when I was dealing with an unhelpful OB, being pressured into inducing early when there was no medical reason to do so, etc.

My labor was pretty straightforward w/ great medical staff, but I wanted to have someone in case things got complicated and the nurses were not helpful (turned out not to be necessary). TBH I was also worried about having someone deal with my husband who, as expected, was really overwhelmed and had difficultly seeing me in pain. I needed to focus on me and the labor.

I used DCBD and did not have a good experience, so your mileage may vary. No support until I'd been in the hospital for about 18 hours already, and then when I needed her to back me up during labor she didn't. Birth went fairly sideways and then her attitude was "baby's healthy! We did it! Can you leave me a good review on Yelp?"

I had the money to spend but if it had been a stretch for me I would have been furious. As is I'm very turned off from the concept.

I had a great experience with DC Birth Doulas. https://www.dcbirthdoulas.com/

I would not recommend District Doulas. I had a consult that sent me on a depressive spiral, the doula on call was alarmist and unprofessional.

Anonymous wrote:I can’t because I am still so angry I wasted 800 on one. I should have just flushed all that money down a toilet.

I’m debating whether I should get one or not so would love to hear more!

I can’t because I am still so angry I wasted 800 on one. I should have just flushed all that money down a toilet.

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
I'm delivering at Medstar WHC with the midwives group in early May. Any doula recommendations? Looking for someone who will support at-home labor, hospital birthing and maybe a small amount of postpartum support as well.

Thank you!

Following. Anyone has good recs?

Hi,
I'm delivering at Medstar WHC with the midwives group in early May. Any doula recommendations? Looking for someone who will support at-home labor, hospital birthing and maybe a small amount of postpartum support as well.

Thank you!