Thanks guys! I guess I will just kind of have to play it by ear. I've read Ina May, and watched a good number of clips of her on YouTube, as well as Penny Simkins who founded DONA International. I think I probably need to just relax! But as I said, she's going for a VBAC, and I kind of feel responsible for the outcome, silly as that may sound! She had a doula for her first birth, had an epidural at 5cm, made it to 10, pushed for 2 hours (on her back, with the epidural on.....) and couldn't get that baby out. We've already talked a fair bit about using different positions for pushing, and having the epidural (if any) removed or turned down for pushing. Hopefully she can go without this time, but we'll see.
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