I originally shared this after one of our couples had
an unplanned unassisted birth couple encountered in the hospital, and they were not treated very kindly upon arriving or throughout their hospital stay.
Now, if they were planning a
birth center
birth and
unplanned, the baby came really quickly, usually, they'll still allow us to write a letter because we had been you know, we have knowledge of the family and we were providing care all through the pregnancy so we knew this mom and we took care of her immediately after the
birth, but if that's not the case and a family just has an
unassisted birth, they definitely need two people who witness the
birth to go with them or a letter from someone who witnesses the
birth.