Testimonial for Emerald Doulas
We loved Emerald Doulas and would highly recommend their services. One of the reasons we chose EmDo was because they were a group and we would get paired with two doulas to work with throughout our pregnancy and know one of them would be at our birth. Before signing the contract with EmDo it seemed like it would be a really big headache to find one doula to work with. Another benefit of EmDo is that they host community prenatal meetings with facilitated discussions that touch on a range of birth topics (ie comfort measures, feeding a newborn, navigating family postpartum) and those were very helpful. My husband and I enjoyed touching base with each other throughout the pregnancy at these discussions because as first time parents we weren't always sure what to talk about at home! Melanie and Sara were our doula team and Melanie attended our birth; praise her for sticking with us throughout the 25 hour labor (she came to the hospital around hour 8, if my fuzzy birth brain remembers correctly). I truly believe that without EmDo our pregnancy and birth wouldn't have gone as smoothly as it did.
After we were home with the babe and grandparents had gone home my husband insisted on bringing in a postpartum doula to help me one afternoon. I really didn't think we needed it but it was so worth it. Suzanne visited us 7 weeks post partum and offered some guidance for starting to structure naps and let me take a nap. Since then we have been following her advice and the babe is responding extremely well to naps in the crib. Without Suzanne he'd probably still be napping while I held him! As a new mom I wasn't sure when to start working on naps in the crib.
And *one more thing* they host weekly and monthly meetups for new parents / moms / dads so they're really building a wonderful community. They also offer yoga too - I did some prenatal yoga and can't wait to try Baby & Me yoga.
Best thing we did with the pregnancy was sign up at EmDo!
-Whitney Eibl
January 03, 2017
Emerald Doulas
Emerald Doulas, LLC
Birth Fee: $1600
Postpartum Rate: $45 to $55
