Testimonial for Katie Rohs, CD(PALS), LCCE
I had an uncommonly complicated 56-hour labor with my son. It was the kinda labor that left us with no doubt about the wisdom of our choice to hire Katie.
When I first met with her in our consultation it was very clear to me that she has left no stone unturned in her study of chilbirth. She knows her stuff backwards and forwards. In addition to being a doula, she's a mother of twins, a childbirth educator, and she has attended a laundry list of additional childbirth-related trainings... seriously, there's an actual list on her website and it's very long.:) She was the only doula I met with and I knew she was right for me and my partner. In our prenatal visits she was warm, friendly, and asked all the right questions. She took notes and was judicious about getting to the heart of what kind of experience I was hoping to have with my birth.
Honestly, I can't imagine what my birth would have been like without Katie because there's no way to extricate her from how things went down. When I was pushing, (for four hours) the doctor even took one of her suggestions. Doulas are, of course, not medical practitioners, but Katie is someone who knows her birth research up and down, so much so that she had the respect of my doctors.
My son was born with the help of forceps, with his cord wrapped twice around his neck, facing my right thigh, (yes, that's a thing), and needed the help of the pediatrics team to get going, but after all that Katie made sure that I had "my moment" with my son, which was my greatest wish for the birth. My partner and I were exhausted from the ordeal and Katie helped us communicate with the hospital staff to ensure our requests for the care of our son were observed.
Katie has all the right skills for her job--she's done (all) the research, she's whip smart, she knows how to talk to medical personel respectfully, and most importantly, she's kind, loving, very understanding, and full of empathy for parents.
-Jessica Pelkey
March 15, 2015
Katie Rohs, CD(PALS), LCCE
Katie Rohs Doula Support
Birth Fee: $3750
