Jodi Jewett Doula Profile

We were scheduled to meet on Friday, but on Tuesday I went into labor at 35 weeks. After going to the midwives to get checked I was told to go directly to the hospital. There was a little miscommunication getting ahold of Jodi, but as soon as we got ahold of her she dropped everything and took off to meet us at St. Alphonus in Boise. My whole birth plan was getting messed up by the moment as I was sitting in the maternity ward, instead of at the midwives, but I couldn't have been more thankful to have Jodi at my side. As the doctors would come in and try to push certain things on me, we would send them away and talk it over with Jodi for a while and then decide, without the pressure of the doctors and nurses. Since it was a new situation for Jodi and I we had lots of questions to be answered, and Jodi wasn't scared to call people to do research and ask other doulas questions that she didn't have the answer to. When labor started to become intense, Jodi would help me keep breathing correctly while my husband did double hip squeezes, they worked together so well to help me get through all the contractions! Finally, at 12:29am Cecilia Marie was born through a natural vaginal delivery without medication and was an extremely healthy baby despite being 5 weeks early. We couldn't have asked for better help in such a difficult situation with our daughter coming so early. Jodi was right on the ball and never showed signs of weariness, despite being in the hospital with us for over 12 hours. Jodi also helped us keep our plans to have a natural child birth, despite the early surprise of our baby and having to be in a hospital.

When we found out we were expecting I was hesitant to have a natural child birth but when I talked to Jodi she gave me so much confidence that I could do it and told me about her experiences both in and out of the hospital. It was at that point I knew it was the best choice for our family. When we called Jodi to tell her we were in labor she had been up with her son all night and had very little sleep, yet, she came right over and spent the next 15 hours (out of 17.5 hour labor) with us. I had never expected to have such horrible back labor but Jodi was so great getting me on the birth ball and talking me through contractions. She walked our neighborhood with us and did double hip squeezes while I leaned on my husband. It was so wonderful! She also made things so much easier for my husband! She timed contractions for us and made the phone calls to The Baby Place for us and so much more, which was so nice because it allowed my husband to be able to focus on me. Jodi helped us to stay calm and did so great at talking me through the contractions and reminding me to take nice deep breaths to get oxygen to our baby girl. And I loved how she even talked to Ava (our daughter) through the labor; it helped bring such a sense of love to the room while it felt so stressful. After Ava was born Jodi was so great about keeping in contact to check on us and make sure we were both doing well. She even came by when our daughter started having colic to help us out and give us ideas on how to help her best during the crying fits. We highly recommend Jodi as a doula, she made our experience so beautiful and we were so grateful to have her be a part of our birth story and can’t wait for her to be a part of our ones to come!