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.
For instance, if there is a pile - up when going for a fumble in football, a loose
ball in basketball, or if there is brawl on the baseball field, it is always a risk that one player is going to fall on or roll onto the knee of another player's knee and possibly
do some
serious damage to the ACL.