Anyone in Nashville area have a doula or in home midwife recommendation?
I am 14 weeks pregnant and have had 2 prior easy complication free hospital births, both lasting under 5 hours from first contractions to delivery. I’ve never been unmedicated and tried so hard to go natural with my son 2 years ago, but the hospital setting just didn’t make me feel supported in that choice and I was so uncomfortable that I caved and got the epidural, which I hated. I feel like the recovery from the epidural is worse than the recovery from vaginal birth for me. The back pain I had for weeks was excruciating.
We’re looking into a home birth for this one, but are hesitant for obvious reasons. The “what ifs” are of course endless. We’re about 15-20 minutes from the closest hospital and would hire a doula for support. We don’t have any family nearby, so that makes things a little harder.
Basically just hoping someone in our area sees this and has any advice to offer/doulas they recommend