So you’re ready to start building your birth team. You’re scouring Google, you’re hive minding local parenting groups, asking friends/family for recommendations in order to find the people that are going to be by your side through the childbearing year.
Having a baby is an event that will impact you greatly and is something you will always remember. Having a team you love and that makes you feel like you are walking into this fully supported is important!
Based on your findings, it is recommended to interview a few prospective providers, doulas, etc. (although, sometimes when you really click and know, you know!) Think about the things that are important to you during this experience and write down your questions as you brainstorm to have them ready to interview.
Knowing where and how you intend to give birth will narrow down your search. Think of different scenarios that can arise and ask your interviewees their approach and how they can support you through those variations.
Some questions you might ask are:
“𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳?”
“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩?”
“𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦?”
Most importantly though, go with someone that excites you to move forward with them on your team! Have you already chosen someone but are beginning to feel on the fence about them?
-𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭.
