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Is she there 24/7 for those 5 days? Or 9-5?
Honestly I feel like I need that more in weeks 2-3… At least in my experience with both of my pregnancies 🤷🏻♀️
I wasted $2500 on a doula. Highly regret. Will never do that again.
I don’t like this business model. I don’t want a stranger in my house for 5 days. And it’s not safe - the client might expect you to help at all hours day and if baby is colicky you wouldn’t get enough sleep, and then you might fall asleep while holding their baby and baby might suffocate. All while making yourself miserable being away from your family for 5 days at a time with an unpredictable schedule
@Danielle my friend said she wasted $5k on one and hated the whole experience and still ended up needing to go to the hospital
I didn’t have one and I personally don’t think I would need one in the future. My husband works from home and he took incredible care of me as I recovered. However, I also gave birth vaginally and with no complications, so maybe my opinion would change if I had a c section. In which case… if they worked 8 hours a day, $20/hour…. 🤷🏻♀️
@Rosalie You can hire her for whenever… just had to put a time for the poll.
@Ella for me personally and at this moment, just during the day because I have children at home and need to be there through the night. But you could hire someone for either.
@Danielle If you don’t mind, I’d love to know more about your experience and why you felt that way.
@Rebecca Oh, no. This is just for mothers who DO want a postpartum doula. A lot of women hire them. And it’s 100% as the client needs, what they want, however the doula can help. Help isn’t ever forced on them. Some women don’t have family or friends near by, husbands that didn’t get paternity leave, other children to care for, etc. It’s a really wonderful service that many cultures highly value. Recovery and bonding after birth is incredibly important.
@Aryyy Was this for a midwife, a birth doula, or a postpartum doula?
@Elyssa It makes me so happy to hear that you have such a loving and supportive partner!! You’re very blessed.❤️
@Jess I feel very grateful!!!
@Jess well from what she told me the lady acted a the dr for appts and prenatal care and supposedly was suppose to deliver the baby in their home! And she said all of that went the whole wrong way and hospital will be where she go from now on
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@Aryyy Oh no… I’m so sorry she had such a bad experience. That sounds like a midwife or birth doula. How messed up though bc that’s THE BIRTH OF HER BABY. Breaks my heart that she wasn’t treated right.
Thanks for explaining 😊
@Jess yea I always loved the hospital idk y but I always have lol so I just wanted to go there but she chose the other route but she said she was afraid uncomfortable and some more shit smh I felt bad to but she was fine when she went to the hospital
My doula was incredible. Cant imagine pregnancy/birth/postpartum without her. For postpartum, she came over 1 hour hour a week for 2 months. It was great
Mine was invaluable