Testimonial for Katie White
As we prepared to welcome our first child into our family we knew that we wanted a doula to be part of our experience, but we had no idea what an integral and important part of our birth Katie would be!
Katie came the morning after we checked in for our scheduled induction and she brought such a positive and calm but confident energy to the labor room. She guided me through every new/weird feeling, held my hand through every painful or scary moment, explained everything that was happening and prepared us for what may come next at every step. She helped us do all kinds of movements to help progress labor and always had in mind the next stretch or prop we could use.
She had endless patience as we continued doing everything we could to progress my labor for nearly 40 hours--at this point that the decision to do a c-section was made. Katie guided us through every single thing that that would entail—how bright the room would be, the amount of people in the room and the high energy, how they would put the curtain up and numb my lower half, what would happen once the baby was born, etc. which was absolutely invaluable.
Katie was able to take a video of our daughter as she was being born and had them lower the curtain so I could see her. Katie also held my hand and talked me through what was happening as the nurses and my husband took our daughter over to be assessed. She was calm, reassuring, and collected.
Katie’s experience and expertise was the most incredible guiding force through our entire time at the hospital but most certainly at the critical moment of meeting our daughter via an unplanned c-section. We would have felt lost without her and looking back now we can’t imagine her not having been there to be a part of our birth experience.
Katie feels like a member of our family and we are so incredibly grateful for everything she did for us and our daughter.
-Jessica Beets
August 10, 2022
Katie White
Denver Born Doulas
Birth Fee: $1800
Postpartum Rate: $40 to $45
