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Old October 7th, 2009, 05:31 AM
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Question Student doula in Melb?

Hi all, after a response I got on an earlier thread of mine, I thought I'd dip my toes in the water and see if there were any student doulas who might like to assist with my first bub? I wouldn't be booking for sure until after my next u/s but I want to see how many people might be interested before I go looking for someone fully-trained (and thus more expensive)

I'm 11w5d at the moment, due April 23rd (next year, obviously )

My husband has a 90% chance of being there (work might not allow him to run off halfway through a shift, but if he's not working at the start of labour there's no way he'd run off) but my mum has more of a 99.999999% chance. She assisted my cousin through her birth, but will obviously have more of an emotional attachment to me, and as such would be a bit more likely to try to push me towards the "easier" options, which I don't want.

I'm not very good at getting across what I want, especially when I'm put on the spot, so I would need someone firm enough to take control for me.

Not sure what else I should put here, I'm fairly certain I've already made this post too long...
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Old October 20th, 2009, 06:31 AM
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Did you get any responses?

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Old October 20th, 2009, 01:44 PM
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No, none at all... Ah well, the room's probably going to be crowded as it is...
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Hi!

I'm a trainee doula in Melbourne. I'm surprised I didn't see this before as I subscribe to this thread so get updated. But here I am now! Email me at doulakirsten@gmail.com if you'd like to chat further.

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Old October 24th, 2009, 08:16 PM
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Sorry, I would be interested but I am in Gippsland so I would be 1.5 hrs away too much me thinks.

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