Alexandria, United States
4542 Sawgrass Ct
N/A
+1 7209340697
This is long overdue. Emily helped me with my first pregnancy and delivery this past fall. I knew from the beginning I needed someone other than my husband and my mother in the room. Someone who had experience, and wasn’t emotionally attached to me...yet someone who had sympathy and would be able to support me in the right way. That is exactly what Emily did for me. My delivery definitely didn’t go as planned and I was told I’d have to have a c-section due to my baby flipping during labor. I couldn’t have asked for better support. Not only for me, but also for my family members. She is kind and gives the right type of positive support. This is highly important when you are in an environment where you are dealing with several different types of health care providers. I’d highly recommend her, especially if it’s your first time having a little one! Thank you Emily! My little one thanks you as well-he wouldn’t have had such a calm mama if it wasn’t for you!
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Emily gave me the most support when I needed it and her experience made my birth possible...It was not my birth plan ...but it was my birth. I had to make hard choices but Emily was my cheerleader throughout the birth and even visit after. In addition she was very kind and caring to my husband. I can not wait to have more babies just so I can use her again.
Choosing the right doula was something I obsessed over before the birth of our baby, it was important to me to have the right energy surrounding us and helping us bring life into this world. Emily was the perfect fit for me and my husband! NOTHING about my birth went as planned, it was the furthest thing from what I envisioned..at one point things went so far left I completely checked out, and Emily was right there with our amazing midwives to help me keep it together. Aside from caring for me, she also worked well with my restless husband. He loved her, the midwives loved her, and I loved her as well. I can’t imagine my birth without her, she played a huge role in making it a memorable experience. We can’t thank her enough for understanding us, being realistic, adjusting to the situation and really having a genuine love for what she does. We don’t plan to have more children, but if we do..Emily will definitely be our doula again and again and again.
Emily is a phenomenal doula! I was diagnosed with preeclampsia two weeks before my due date. She was incredibly knowledgeable and supportive as my husband and I navigated a lengthy and somewhat complicated induction needed to ensure a healthy delivery for me and my baby. We had so many questions and concerns and she was able to provide all the information and reassurance needed to put us at ease. During labor she helped me find productive positions, massaged my back to alleviate pain, and was ultimately the calm uplifting presence I needed to get me through the delivery. Emily has my highest recommendation- any expecting mother would be lucky to have her support before, during and after their baby arrives!
When I made the decision to try to have a natural birth, my husband and I both agreed it was probably in our best interest to hire a doula. My husband is the best in so many ways, but anything blood-and-guts-related is not in his wheelhouse of strengths. Knowing there was a very real possibility that he was going to pass out in the labor room, I started my search for a second support person. I went into my doula search with only two criteria, suggested to me from a friend who also had a natural birth assisted by a doula: a) that our personalities clicked, and b) that I was 100% ok with this person seeing me butt naked. I interviewed 3 doulas before I found Emily, and as soon as I FaceTimed with her, I immediately checked off criterion A, and after about 3 minutes to chatting was able to check off criterion B. Little did I know JUST how essential Emily was going to be in the birth of our son, both physically and mentally. She stayed with me for the entire 9 hours of pitocin-enhanced active labor, helping me change positions (when I was actually willing to move off my yoga ball), squeezing my back through each contraction, wiping my brow (and probably some tears), coaching me through visualization techniques to take the edge off the pain, and giving me tough love when, after almost 3 hours of pushing with what felt like no progress, I wanted to give up. Emily is a kind, strong, empathetic, funny, down-to-earth, intuitive woman who has found her calling as a doula. I tell everyone I know who is pregnant to hire her, and I could not have had the birth experience I did without her by my side.
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