First let me say my grammar is awful... The Grammar Bible and Dictionary have just recently become my friend. I also heavily rely on spell check. So if you don't mind that then read on.
I am a doula and childbirth educator I started this blog because my personal one was filled with birth "stuff" rants mostly. It is a really long story to how I became a doula so I will save that one for another time... educating other on pregnancy and birth is what makes me tick, it gives me great satisfaction. There is nothing more special then being able to witness life happening before your eyes. And on the flip side nothing tears at me more then the way birth is so "actively managed" and that it has become the norm.
When I tell people what I do (after explaining the differences are between a midwife and a doula) often time they tell me there birth story. The stories that to often seem to end in "and then I had a c-section". At that point I take a deep breath, shake my head up and down, and in a soft voice say something sympathetic. When in my head I'm running down a check list of what could have possibly been done to avoid it. Thinking "if I could have only gotten to them first".
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