Testimonial for Kathleen Wilson
My delivery with my first child did not go as planned. While it ended with a happy outcome and a healthy baby girl, the delivery itself was far from what I was hoping. I had planned to have an intervention-free drug-free delivery, and ended up being induced and having an epidural. Nothing wrong with that, it's just not how I wanted things to go. Granted, the induction may have been unavoidable, and I may have gotten the epidural anyway, but I felt that had I had someone there as my advocate, someone in my corner, events may have gone somewhat differently. (My husband was there of course, but he was just as clueless as I was, despite all the preparation we had done).
When I found out I was pregnant again I knew right away that I wanted a doula. Kathleen was the third that I met, and we immediately hired her. She was open to whatever kind of labor I wanted to have, not judgmental at all, and laughed a lot.
During our prenatal appointments, Kathleen seemed to have the answers to all the questions I could come up with, and raised issues I never even thought about before. She came to our house, which was so convenient, and got along tremendously with my 3 year old. By the time I reached the end of my third trimester, I felt really ready. I was a bit nervous about delivery, but knew I would have the support of both my husband and Kathleen at the hospital.
Well, baby had plans that did not involve the hospital. My labor from start to finish was 1 hour 20 minutes, and baby girl #2 was born in the car only a few blocks from home. There was no way that Kathleen could have made it to the birth, but she was in touch from the first contraction on, and arrived at the hospital shortly after we did. I got my intervention-free drug-free delivery (though in a somewhat extreme way). I will hire Kathleen again for the next baby. I was grateful for her support, even if she wasn’t able to be at the actual delivery.
-Dorothy Wagner Strachan
October 07, 2015
Kathleen Wilson
Labor Enabler
Birth Fee: $1000 to $2900
