Testimonial for Sarah Osborne, CD(DONA)
My husband and I chose to use a doula for the birth of our third child for a couple reasons. First, I had used a doula for a previous birth while he was deployed and had only good experiences with it. Also, we were not certain whether or not we'd have childcare for our other two children. My husband wanted to ensure there was someone there with me, just in case. After interviewing a few doulas, I decided to hire Sarah because I liked her best. It is really intangible and undescribable. I went into labor around noon on Easter, although I wasn't really sure that I was actually in labor until about 4-5 pm. I called Sarah and had her on stand-by notice, that I'd continue laboring at home and call back in a couple hours. Since it was a holiday, I didn't want to take her from her family dinner. (Mine had frozen pizza, not the feast I'd planned) By then, I decided to go to the hospital. She met us in the labor-delivery-recovery room, getting there just before I was transferred from the triage room. We were in the process of settling in for what we expected to be an hours-long wait for the baby to be born, when my baby decided she was ready to be born. All in all, she was a great comfort, since our sitter was unavailable, my husband's attention was divided between me and our two children (one autistic). We'd planned that he'd get me settled and take the kids home, but I progressed too fast for that--which is good for not having time to fight "hospital protocol".
-Laura Fox
November 15, 2009
Sarah Osborne, CD(DONA)
Birth Doula & Photographer
Birth Fee: $1800 to $2400
