Maybe if “they” weren’t always artificially rupturing the membranes they would KNOW that many waters don’t break on their own until quite late in labor!

Why was the doula told to wait in the waiting room anyway? Aren’t they supposed to be with the mother while in labor?
Maybe they were doing ‘prep’ for laboring mom? you know, the barbaric things they do sometimes when they ask others to leave the room? (shave, etc).

3 of 6 of mine were born right as water was breaking and one in the caul (broken by the nurse after she emerged, pulling the bag of waters off of her).

my last baby’s head was out and still in the sac. My water broke as I birthed the body.

@Lynette- That is my question, too! I am also a doula and the ONLY time I have ever “allowed” myself to be shooed out of a room is when an anesthesiologist was placing an epidural…and I MADE SURE dad could handle supporting mom through the 10 minutes I was out of the room.

Gee…my water didn’t break with either of my kids until I was pushing…and babe #2 was out in 4 pushes…

Welcome to the world where medical professionals only understand medically managed birth with AROM I’ve encountered dozens of nurses that never witnessed an unmedicated birth.

When I had my fourth, my midwife (at home) told me that the nurse she brought with her had never witnessed an unmedicated birth, and she had been a nurse for over 4 years.
She was awed that it could even happen!

I went to 43 weeks with my fourth baby. He was fine, and came on his own, weighing 10lbs 3oz. He was my biggest baby for the longest, and healthy to boot.
It’s not a risk to go over, the risk is to wake up in the morning, then you are one day closer to dying. People are so quick to blame everyone IF something goes wrong. Noone considers the fact they are call unforseen circumstances for a reason.

YEAH they said that to my mom and 10 mins later i was out and screaming!! they said to that to my mom when my sis was born too and she went home thought she had to pee and oops out popped a baby within an hr!!