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We'll push a woman if that's what she wants, that's why we meet with them prior to birth to acertain exactly what she wants. I haven't had one person complain that I pushed them too hard. My teacher confesses to being a ***** (in a nice way of course) but that's why she gets so many women wanting her support (I would love her at my next birth) - she'll push them to the max and that's why they love her. Each to their own though, we all want our own experiences.

With changing your mind about drugs, you have to establish with the woman what her 'red light' is. We learn all this in our course, we don't just waltz on in proclaiming to be experts or know what's best - training is well developed in this area to learn the art of support. We are not experts on medicine and only learn about support and they way birth can be if left alone, of course when also to require the need of intervention. If we weren't good at it, no-one would be doing it and it wouldn't be growing so fast as a profession too... and given a recent survey that has just circulated in birth circles, more women are feeling pressured for intervention including caesars. So what do you do if you don't have support? You agree thinking that's the only option for you.

So yes, depends on the birth you want, the majority of women wanting a doula want a natural birth and want to be pushed

ps. In the US survey I saw, only 45% agreed with the statement. Now that is scary...