A doula can provide birth support and a listening ear without having to make clinical decisions, and without the emotional difficulties a family member may experience
from your previous birth experience.
Such a far cry
from my previous birth experiences.
The time immediately postpartum was the most different
from my previous birth experiences.
All of my fear, doubt and feelings of inadequacy
from previous birth experiences melted away as I looked at my perfect, healthy baby and she stared back at me.
Not exact matches
Mothers who have had difficult
experiences in
previous births can also especially benefit
from the services of a doula.
Even with all factors being the same, remember that every
birth is different though so it is hard to draw any real conclusions
from previous experiences.
While there's no end of women who go into their second
birth wanting something better, hoping for a nicer
birth, a
birth where they're more in control and a
birth that can bring them better memories and healing
from a
previous experience I have never heard anyone express fear for a second
birth, because of fear that it might not be as good but does that make the fear any less real?
It is one of my passions and areas of expertise to help mamas process and heal
from previous upsetting
births and plan for a much better and tremendously healing
experience next time around.