Testimonial for Emily Steadman
Emily is an incredibly empathetic, supportive doula. I’ve hired her twice for my 3rd and 4th pregnancies. I wish I had found her sooner as I didn’t have a doula with my first two. With my 3rd, I was finally able to achieve a non-epidural birth even having been put on pitocin for going overdue. Emily was a calming presence the whole time as each intervention was put into place. She knew just how to help me but more importantly, how to help my husband to know how to help me throughout my entire labor.
With my recent birth, I didn’t want the same experience of a birth with pitocin, nor did I like the hospital protocols being put into place due to COVID. With Emily, I knew I didn’t need the hospital and could give birth in the comfort of my own home instead. She helped me months before the birth in planning how this would happen and helped me find a midwife with the medical mindset that I was looking for. I was in constant contact with Emily throughout the day and she knew just how to coach me and ensured my entire support team was there when they were needed. She was the first to show up to my home and the last to leave and made sure that all my wishes were met. She even checked up on me multiple days and weeks after to see how I was doing for both births.
I would 110% recommend her to anyone who is expecting. My husband also says that he had no worries with a home birth once he knew that Emily was going to be there.
-Katie
June 21, 2021
Emily Steadman
Salt City Doula
Birth Fee: $1200 to $1700
Postpartum Rate: $35 to $40
