Samantha Christine (Sam / SAMCFIT)

And so she started asking me questions in that first pregnancy, and I was like, no, I haven't, but...

maybe I could do this.

And she kind of gave me that motivation to find that like inner voice in myself of you can do this.

And so that was the plan.

Obviously things progressed like with the membrane sweeping to not, you know, to do the medical route, which was fine.

That's kind of what sparked that general interest in the beginning.

Did you end up having a doula in the room with you?

So for the first birth?

Yes.

Yes.

So she was still there, even though, which that's a thing I want to talk about.

Like, I think having a doula doesn't mean you have to go full home birth.

Like you can still have a support doula.

It could be a friend, like whoever in the room with you, even if you decide to do a hospital birth.

Because they can still advocate for you.

Absolutely.

Because a lot of the times, like,

you know, there might be questions from the medical team, the doctors, and it's like, they can kind of be that voice.

They can kind of help guide you based on what your goals are, which is really, and just to kind of give you support in this amazing chapter of your life.

Well, luckily you have time to just like continue to educate yourself and like ask people in all the different fields.