Testimonial for Michele Peterson
I truly cannot imagine my birth experience without Michele there. I was induced, and it was a long almost 32 hours of labor at the hospital. I found out I was being induced the day before and definitely was in panic mode. Michele calmly talked me through the whole process and helped me weigh all of my options. She said that we could be in constant contact with her until she would be joining us at the hospital when my contractions were closer together. I was in a good amount of pain once the induction medications started to really kick in. I wanted to try giving birth without the epidural, but already feared I wouldn't be able to make it. As soon as Michele arrived at the hospital and started working her magic, so much of my pain went away- it was incredible! From then on she stayed the entire time guiding me with different exercises to help with discomfort and to help get baby in the right position. I couldn't of imagined her not being there. Although our hospital staff was great, they really only checked on us every so often. Having a constant person there was huge. Michele stayed calm the whole time and always seemed to know exactly what I needed. When I did end up getting the epidural, she made sure we had truly tried everything (including convincing the staff to do a pain relief treatment that was not typically used at the hospital), and made sure that it was definitely what I wanted to do. Michele is extremely professional, a skilled advocate, calm, kind, and just generally wonderful- exactly what you want while giving birth! Since then I've been able to contact her at any time with questions or concerns that I have and she always gets back to me right away. My husband and I already plan to use her and District Doulas again when we have another child.
-Christine
April 22, 2021
Michele Peterson
District Doulas
Birth Fee: $2400 to $2600
