Testimonial for Katy Carter
Katy Carter has been a fantastic doula and postpartum support provider for a pair of nervous first time parents with a high risk pregnancy delivered by planned cesarean birth. Katy is a calm, professional, comforting person and I am forever grateful for their help in bringing my son into the world. Katy was allowed to join me in the operating room after the baby was born so my husband could go with the baby if he needed additional care in the NICU (which he did). Having Katy by my side kept me from panicking as they helped me process and retain the absolute deluge of information being thrown at me post-birth. I felt like my brain was a sieve and having Katy by my side gave me confidence that they wouldn’t let me forget anything important (and in a hospital everything is important.) With Katy I was able to focus on just the next thing, and how I was feeling, and not get overwhelmed by anxiety. Because of the NICU care I didn’t get to have skin-to-skin time with my baby in the operating room which I was disappointed by, but in the recovery room Katy helped me express my first drops of colostrum so I had a small gift to give my son when we were reunited. My husband could tell I was well cared for when we met again 3 hours after the birth and I was excitedly focused on dinner, while he was still flooded with adrenaline. My only regret is that Katy is not two people and we couldn’t send a copy of them with my husband to the NICU!
Post 1/2. (I'm at the character limit so I'm covering our postpartum care covered in the next review.)
-Mary Josberger
June 27, 2022
Katy Carter
Doula Katy
Birth Fee: $2000
Postpartum Rate: $50
