Whenever I get a call in the middle of the night, or a labor ends up being long, the mother typically feels the need to apologize for making me come out or keeping me "so long". When I became a doula, I knew that birth was unpredictable. This work is not scheduled (unless I am offering postpartum support). It does not fall into a neat 9-5 schedule where I show up at the beginning of my shift and leave my remaining work until the next day. Birth and labor begin day or night,