Testimonial for Isabelle Peabody
Working with Isabelle was such a great experience. Even weeks after our daughter was born, my husband and I were still talking about how helpful it was to have Isabelle on our team. We wanted someone who would help us through the labor and offer suggestions and Isabelle was just who we were looking for. We started off with a meeting at our house and talked about what we wanted our baby’s birth to be like and what our concerns were. Isabelle listened, asked questions and took notes and we felt like she was definitely interested in our thoughts and feelings. She later created a birth plan for us and sent it to us for our review. She likes to keep it to one page to make sure it isn’t overly complicated and so that people will actually read it!
Once we had the birth plan, we were all set until I went into labor. When I did go into labor at 1:30 in the morning on a Sunday, I texted Isabelle right away and she called me back in less than a minute. She talked me through what was happening – water breaking, contractions – and my husband and I met her at the hospital at 5:30 am. Isabelle had arrived before us and was ready when we got there. I pretty much labored all day and finally had our daughter at 6 pm that evening. During the labor, all three of us were walking the halls, talking, and later laboring in the bath tub. Isabelle massaged my back, hands and neck and together with my husband, provided the support I needed to have a natural childbirth.
A few weeks after the birth, Isabelle came over to our house to talk over the whole experience and to give us the photo album of our first family photos. Neither my husband nor I have family in town so it was so nice for us to have those early photos to share.
We had a great experience with Isabelle and would highly recommend her!
-KATIE GUNSCH
October 01, 2013
Isabelle Peabody
Warm Ways Doula Care
Birth Fee: $2000
Postpartum Rate: $35
