doula

Pros

• I got a doula for free because she is still training for her certification. She was a huge help and she really reassured me with a lot of questions and concerns I had. ... So she wasn't much help in actual labour but she tried her hardes...
• I was very glad I had mine. I didn't pay as much as you, it was about $800 and then 2/3 was reimbursed through insurance after. This also covered her coming twice for private birth classes and a zoom meeting to discuss a birth plan, as w...
• I would think a doula could be helpful for your second delivery so you have someone who is more informed to be able to advocate for you if things go wrong again.
• Doula definitely. My main advice to anyone giving birth is HIRE. A. DOULA. I don't know how I would have survived my birth without mine!
• I had a doula who worked as a team with another doula so one of them would be able to be present during my entire labor no matter what. I met with both of them together, and we all had a group text for updates.

Cons

• We had one and it was not worth it.
• According to our contract, she should have headed over when I was in active labor, which for me was about 6pm. So she was almost 12 hours late. ... She basically stopped responding around 9pm and I was left to fend for myself.
• This reads almost word for word like my doula experience. Biggest waste of money I’ve ever encountered.
• I labored all night alone in the hospital and my doula only showed up at 5:30am, after I had been pushing for an hour and a half. ... I don’t have a partner and the doula’s extreme tardiness contributed to my traumatic birth experience.
• A friend of mine had a doula who was sick at the last minute and also sent a replacement who was way less experienced. She basically came, lit some candles, gave her granola bars that my friend ended up aspirating on. She also ended up n...