Testimonial for Joli Ammons
I am so incredibly happy that I hired Joli to be my doula. I was planning for a VBAC with baby #2 and no matter how much I believed I could do it on my own, I was not as confident as I would have liked to be given my particular circumstances. As my mom put it, "I was covering my grounds" by hiring her. The moment Joli walked into my home for an initial consultation, I knew I liked her. Over the course of just a few months and a handful of meetings, she became my friend. Joli was so thorough, patient, informative, helpful and open to all of my thoughts and ideas. She tought my husband and I lots about natural forms of pain and pressure relief with the Rebozo (I renamed it the Garbanzo, haha). We played with aromatherapy scents and went over my birth plan several times to feel completely prepared for everything a VBAC entails and what sorts of things to anticipate at the hospital. When it came to the actual day, Joli was the one who figured out my water had broken (it was very subtle and I thought it was something else). I wasn't in labor so she came over to help try to get things going. We tried several things but ultimately baby just wasn't ready to make the descent. After a low-dose pitocin induction, things got underway and Joli worked her magic as I was attempting a natural labor. She labored along with me for a grueling 15 hours and in the end, I had to get an emergency C-section due to severe complications. We had a traumatic birth that no one could have anticipated and it took a long time to get over how it all went down. Thankfully, both my baby and I survived when it could have easily been a different story. Although Joli couldn't be present for the actual birth of my daughter, she was so supportive the entire time leading up to it and stayed long past the time she needed to in order to make sure we were all OK. Looking back, my husband and I agreed that we could have never attempted a VBAC or at least get as fas as we did without Joli. We love her!!
-Emily Feinstein
July 29, 2015
Joli Ammons
The Painted Doula
Birth Fee: $1000 to $2800
