For anyone out there who is a birth attendant of any kind: please, please, PLEASE! It doesn't matter if you do everything absolutely perfect, but don't EVER take a mother's choice away. It is SO damaging when you do. Don't just follow your routine and go through the motions. ASK FIRST. And if she says 'no', DON'T pressure her. It's HER choice, not yours. And if you take it from her, she will remember it for years, and suffer like you would never believe. Her permission is all she has left to give. Don't betray her trust.
Sorry, been to the Solace for Mothers forum, and I'm always appalled at the kind of treatment women get while they're in labor. Just because you've seen a few (or even thousands) births, doesn't make you an expert on THIS birth. Only the mother can be that. Trust her.
/rant
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