tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post340592151961751082..comments2024-03-24T12:47:49.253-04:00Comments on Dou-la-la: Training Your TeamAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019907275666753543noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-17081760100280093372010-01-21T01:56:39.277-05:002010-01-21T01:56:39.277-05:00Hillary, this all sounds really, really great for ...Hillary, this all sounds really, really great for you! I'm excited on your behalf. Have fun training them! You should put them through drills and everything, complete with whistle around your neck. Maybe even have a tryout! ;O)<br /><br />Again, make sure to let me know how everything goes!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019907275666753543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-84684782596279934472010-01-13T21:36:15.834-05:002010-01-13T21:36:15.834-05:00Thanks so much! I've already ready Simkin'...Thanks so much! I've already ready Simkin's book, and Best Birth. And last weekend I had a movie night where my sisters and I watched "The business of being born" while switching back and forth between cracking up and raging loudly at the screen. :-) <br />I've been debating classes -- thanks for the suggestions! (I took two different classes with the last two pregnancies, but nothing geared towards natural.)<br />It will be in the hospital, with a highly recommended midwife (one who is in a group midwife practice that doesn't even have an OB as part of the group -- they obviously have a back up one for insurance and other purposes, but he's in a completely different practice across town), and I plan on laboring at home the majority of the labor.<br />As far as a doula goes -- I have a cousin who is training to be a doula who is planning to be there if at all possible (but lives out of state -- BUT spends the few weeks surrounding my due date in state visiting family during the summer). I have another aspiring doula in the family, my amazing sister in law, who is also hopefully going to be making a few week long visit to my town during the summer, that if the stars align, may just coincide with my birth. Either (or both) of these women would be great additions to my support team, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed!<br />With my last two births, it was just me and my husband most of the time, and I loved that time, and I feel weird about having people besides us in there, as the previous births have felt, well, intimate . . . but I think female companionship of women I love and trust would be hugely beneficial for facing labor head on with a support system in place. I'm still trying to figure this all out. :-)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781058037409966491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741036541041672560.post-53995097888453953342010-01-13T15:17:09.843-05:002010-01-13T15:17:09.843-05:00My labor team (other than the nurses and midwives)...My labor team (other than the nurses and midwives) consisted of my husband, my sister-in-law (who had two previous c-sections and was invited on a whim as I was headed to the hospital and realizing that my "dream" team that included my mom - a veteran of 4 natural births - wasn't going to get there in time). I am so glad I had a doula to help them along (and shush my sil who had a lot of things to say that had the potential to distract me). My original team included my doula, my husband, my mom and my mother-in-law (who didn't make it either). I only had 3 people in my support team, and I definitely could have used more. I needed people to help me with my body, take pictures, run get ice chips, and I could have used someone to go get stuff from my car. Hope this helps.Fun Mama - Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482181499301423093noreply@blogger.com