Testimonial for Katie Immel
Hiring Katie to help us bring our first born into the world, was the best decision we ever made during pregnancy. I knew I wanted to have an all natural childbirth from the begining, but needed to make some changes to make this a posdibility. She helped my husband and I make some pretty big changes, late in pregnancy, in hopes of obtaining this goal.
Just before our birthing class, I was told that I was borderline for pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) and might need to be induced. Katie provided us with the necessary information to prepare for this possible outcome
A few weeks later this preparation paid off. My provider decided it was time to schedule an induction at 39 weeks. After numerous calls with Katie and against my wishes, my husband and I decided we were going to show up for the induction and I was going to try and have an induced birth without pain medication.
Without Katie's help, I am not sure the induction would have been as successful as it was. Before we needed her at the hospital with us, my provider did not do a good job of explaining the reasoning for needing certain medical intervention, against our wishes. When Katie got there she helped to provide another voice for us and help us move forward and refocus on our birth goals. 8 hours later we had exhausted all comfort measures allowed for a pitocin induced labor and I was having trouble recovering ,in between, the ever increasing intensity of pitocin induced contractions. I gave in and recieved an epidural after finding out I was 7 centimeters dialated.
Two hours later we welcomed our sweet little boy into the world. Without Katie's help I am not sure I would have lasted 16 hours of my 18 hour induction, without any pain intervention. Our birth did not go according to plan but we still had a healthy baby. I would recommend her to anyone and plan on using her again for any future births.
-Rebecca Fox
December 13, 2013
Birth Fee: $800
