Testimonial for Sarah Willett
Getting Sarah as our post partum doula was one of the best decisions we made in the last few months. We realized we were going to need someone to help us with our newborn. Sarah took care of our baby right from the first night, for an entire month and we immensely appreciated her presence and her help in our home as first-time parents during a pandemic. She was one of the main reasons I had a quick and smooth physical and mental recovery from a long and lonely pregnancy and a C section. I cannot emphasize how organized, knowledgeable, professional, and kind she was both in dealing with the baby and me. Let me list some of the few things that were incredibly helpful to us in having Sarah.
First, we learned so much about taking care of a newborn. We had dutifully attended all the baby classes and yet, the real experience of dealing with a baby was nothing close to what we had theoretically learned in class and Sarah was such a great resource. Right from feeding, swaddling, changing, burping, we learned a ton of new things, best practices and the latest research as the baby grew each week. Second, I was breastfeeding round the clock. My baby would take ~40 minutes each feeding and just having someone to have a conversation with during the long and lonely nighttime feeds massively helped with my mental health. Third, she encouraged me to keep up with all the best practices in breastfeeding and even set up my breast pump. Fourth, she would leave her notes of what our baby did during the night right from the first night at home. This would include cute little activity logs to flagging health issues that we ended up consulting with our doctor. Finally, breastfeeding is not easy - but burping and putting the baby to sleep is SO much more difficult and Sarah completely took care of that part and that really helped us.
Seriously, we are very thankful to Sarah!
-Uttara
May 16, 2021
Sarah Willett
The Very Best Doulas
Birth Fee: $2600 to $4000
Postpartum Rate: $65 to $75
