-- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1899 The books I pack in my hospital birth bags are never the books I later need to have packed. (pearltrees.com)
And while I never overtly contradicted a care provider, unplugged my clients from their monitors without permission or guidance from their nurses, put my hand in front of a pair of scissors about to cut an episiotomy, or secretly hoped for an accidental home birth (or any other opportunity to catch a baby), my birth bag and arms - load - of - balls did some serious damage to my relationship (as a doula) with hospital staff. (doulasofcincinnati.com)
At Doulas of Cincinnati, we're not interested in hitching our baggage (birth bags or otherwise) to your birthing day. (doulasofcincinnati.com)