Testimonial for Emily Hursh
Why should you hire a doula and why should it be Emily?
The answer to the first part started to delineate already before we reached out to Emily: if you, like us, live in New York City the chances are that you moved here from elsewhere from the US or even immigrated from abroad and, therefore, you don't have much family support around labor and birth. Moreover, medical professionals don't have the time nor the capacity to be with the expecting parents and provide them with information and emotional or practical support. Such support at birth is as crucial as that at death. Enter your doula, who plays the role of a support person vested in aiding childbirth: a senior family member, or perhaps a reiki master, witch or shaman who ushers the birthing partners to the Other Side of pregnancy.
Emily is a certified doula, who brings assets from her aerialist training: focus on the grand picture as well as miniscule details; stamina; and that rare calm that you need when you spin around high in the air. Meeting Emily at the birthing center happened without awkward formalities or false ceremonialism. Emily simply and seamlessly joined us for a twenty hour long journey---and we weren't alone anymore in the alienating temple of Western medicine. The emphasis is on "joined" meaning she is a team player. She was proactive without being bossy. Firm, gentle, chatty quiet, whatever quality suited the most to the moment. With 47 earlier expectant mothers or couples under her belt she not only knew what she was doing but also could have easily judged us. But she was so unassuming that we could have been billionaires or beggars, she would have likely treated us the same way.
Thank you Emily!
-Elizabeth Ellerman
August 04, 2021
Emily Hursh
The Flying Doula
Birth Fee: $2500
