@dgold If only. :\ We had to go out of our way to find a midwifery practice. Luckily Atlanta now has a few.[1. The laws on midwifery vary a lot from state to state, and public awareness of them as even an option remains pretty poor.] We also retained a private doula (worth her weight in gold during the almost 48-hour labor we had with #1). And then most of our public schools are awful, and even private school options are mostly expensive and still not so great, so wrestling with what to do for schooling f

@dgold If only. :\ We had to go out of our way to find a midwifery practice. Luckily Atlanta now has a few.¹

We also retained a private doula (worth her weight in gold during the almost 48-hour labor we had with #1).

And then most of our public schools are awful, and even private school options are mostly expensive and still not so great, so wrestling with what to do for schooling for #1 even as #2 is just about to arrive in a few weeks (expected 25 Feb).

Our cautionary advice to my siblings has basically been, "Once you have kids, you begin hemorrhaging money, so bear that in mind as you choose housing etc."

// @blumenkraft @tomas @keita

The laws on midwifery vary a lot from state to state, and public awareness of them as even an option remains pretty poor.

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