Want to have a doula or labor coach to assist at your birth? Interested in drafting a birth plan with your partner? Don't have your baby at the Aspen Women's Center in Provo, UT. The center has posted a sign in their entryway that reads:
"Because the Physicians at Aspen Women's Center care about the quality of their patient's deliveries and are very concerned about the welfare and health of your unborn child, we will not participate in a "Birth Contract", a Doulah Assisted, or a Bradley Method delivery. For those patients who are interested in such methods, please notify the nurse so we may arrange transfer of your care."
http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2009/11/09/hospital-rejects-birth-plans/
And a related photoshop contest, that I found funny: http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2009/11/9/and-the-winner-of-the-anti-doula-sign-photoshop-contest-is.htmlWhat do y'all think? I would personally be offended. I feel like this is telling patients, "Because we know it all, it is our way or the highway."