Testimonial for Emily Thayer
I cannot imagine my birth experience without Emily!
When she arrived at the hospital, I had been laboring for over 20 hours and things were progressing, but slowly. She turned off the baseball game on TV (haha), turned down the lights, hung string lights, and turned on our L&D Spotify playlist -- she completely transformed the ambiance of our room.
Once she got the *~mood~* just right, she got the real work started about began coaching me into positions to help things progress. Simultaneously, she offered me physical support to reduce the pain -- for me, that meant she and my husband did hip squeezes for basically 10 hours straight.
Our baby was not in an ideal position (sunny side up) and near the end of transition, she teamed up with my nurse to help me into positions to get him to turn -- it worked!
Not long after that, our son was born!
Having her support helped me stick to my plan of an unmedicated birth and without her, that definitely wouldn't have been the case.
We have nothing but good things to say about Emily, our doula, who is an integral part of our birth story.
-Mel Cosio
July 30, 2023
Emily Thayer
Honey Birth Birmingham
Birth Fee: $1000 to $1450
