By the time you’re pregnant with your third baby, you know enough to know one thing for sure: birth can still surprise you. After a C-section, an HBAC, and then a planned hospital induction with an epidural for my third baby, Eden, I learned firsthand that experience doesn’t make birth predictable. Second-, third-, and fourth-time moms may benefit from doula support just as much as first-time moms—sometimes because they know exactly what they want to do differently.
