Testimonial for Sarah Osborne, CD(DONA)
My experience with Sarah was excellent. My husband and I decided on a doula after attending birth class and realizing we might need some extra support in the birth and labor process. I chose Sarah after looking at her web page and having her over to the house for an interview. I was a little weary about hiring a doula, thinking that they might try to sway me to do one thing or another for my birth. I told her about my birth plan, vaginal delivery and epidural were the basics. She was very pleasant and professional and gave me lots of information on labor and interventions etc. I was 36 weeks pregnant when I decided to hire her, luckily she was available. When I was 40 weeks and 4 days the doctor decided I was going to need a C-section because baby was transverse and the fluid was looking low. Sarah met us at the hospital that morning and somehow after doing an ultrasound before my C-section the baby turned head down. We discussed our options and I decided I still wanted to go ahead with a vaginal birth, so we started induction. Sarah lives very close to St Joseph's Hospital so we discussed that I would keep her updated through text and phones calls on the progress of my labor. I was given Cytotec to thin my cervix and then started pitocin later that night. My water broke around 630am the next morning and Sarah came back to the hospital. We starting pushing around 3pm that afternoon, Sarah was by my side and so was my husband. After 36hrs of labor and 3 hours of pushing, I had a beautiful baby girl. Sarah came to my house a week after my baby was born and had a photo album of the birth and a written story about the entire birth. I would hire Sarah again, she was very pleasant and calming to work with. Thanks again. A & C and Baby =)
-April Allsbrook
August 03, 2011
Sarah Osborne, CD(DONA)
Birth Doula & Photographer
Birth Fee: $1800 to $2400
