Testimonial for Caty Jolley, CD, CLC
We worked with Caty over the summer of 2018 with our baby girl being born in September 2018. She and her partner Diane were great. Not only did they spend the time to get to know us at the two scheduled preparation meetings, but they quickly answered any question that we had from the very beginning until the very end.
The support she and Diane provided was invaluable, especially as we are first time parents. There are so many things going on that we relied heavily on them to translate things into terms we could understand.
Prior to the preparation meetings, they provided some recommendations for OB's and midwives in the area as we were clueless about how to go about choosing one. We didn't have the luxury of a significant amount of available time to interview a bunch of different doctors.
They also helped us to prepare our birth plan and discussed all the different options that we had to consider and why one might choose a certain option over another. They also got us comfortable ahead of time with different labor positions and how labor tends to work and progress so that we wouldn't be surprised.
Also, near the end of our pregnancy after we found out that our baby girl was breech, Caty came over to our house to help us with some additional positions and exercises to work to help our baby girl to flip. The baby did not end up flipping on her own, so we scheduled a version. Caty came to the hospital to support us for that. If it was unsuccessful, she planned to attend/support us for the resulting C-section. Since it was successful, we were induced, and she supported us during labor and attended our baby's birth. She took record of key moments within the labor for us to have afterwards, because we did not know to keep track at the time. She also took the initiative (with our permission) to take some pictures for us during labor and immediately after our baby's birth while we were bonding.
-Gretchen Stuart
November 19, 2018
Caty Jolley, CD, CLC
Mother Heart Birth Services, LLC
Birth Fee: $1000 to $2200
