Testimonial for Emily Cohen-Moreira
I hired Emily for the birth of my daughter in July, 2017, and she was amazing! I cannot recommend her enough. She helped me through all stages of prep for my birth, and was so helpful during a series of false labor starts the week leading into the actual birth (including several frantic middle of the night phone calls). My plan was to give birth at the NYP-LoMa birthing center (low/no-intervention practice). Once I was actually in labor, she came to our house to help manage early labor, and decide when to go to the hospital. Emily has a car, which allowed her to actually drive my husband and me to the hospital while I was in active labor, which was such a relief for us. At the hospital, I was unfortunately risked out of the birthing center, meaning that I had to go to regular L&D and have continuous fetal monitoring throughout the birth. Wearing the monitor while trying to manage contractions without any meds was a herculean task, and I truly couldn't have done it without Emily's help and expertise. Although I don't have a ton of clear memories of the last few hours until the birth, what I do remember is how diligently Emily literally held the monitor in place so that I could move and manage contractions without the midwives losing the reading on my daughter's heartrate. This ensured I could focus on listening to my body, and keep the labor moving. Emily was proactive throughout the process, jumping in ahead of time to troubleshoot and prevent problems from arising. I 100% credit her with my successful med/intervention-free birth. She was also hugely helpful post-partum with breastfeeding, pumping, and bottle introduction for my daughter. Her advice helped us get set up with pumping/bottle feeding, so that when I eventually returned to work, I didn't experience any struggles with my daughter eating while I was out of the house. Overall, Emily was amazing, and helped us have a very straightfoward and manageable labor/delivery/newborn experience!
-Elizabeth Dodd
May 13, 2018
Emily Cohen-Moreira
Practical Birth and Breastfeeding
Birth Fee: $2400 to $5000
