Testimonial for Anna Tarasova
Our experience with Anna was nothing short of AWESOME! She was extremely friendly, caring, knowledgeable, hard working, and worked around our schedule. Before labor she visited our home a few times and discussed birth plans, TENS, different techniques and positions, and went over items that you would learn in a hospital baby class. We discussed in detail different items we may want to incorporate into our birth plan (monitoring, drugs, breastfeeding, etc). Day of, she immediately took our call and was at our house within 30 minutes or so. We packed up a few hours later, went to the hospital, and were up all night in labor. We planned on trying for a natural labor without drugs, etc. I'll tell ya right now there's no way in hell I would have been able to guide my wife through it without Anna's help. She suggested positions that eased my wifes pain. She worked incredibly hard massaging my wife with me literally all night. All three of us were physically exhausted in the morning during delivery. We decided to try out the TENS unit and my wife found it very helpful throughout the labor. I would highly recommend trying it. Anna gave my wife the kind of support, confidence, and reassurance that I could not possibly provide. She stayed with us a few hours after delivery and helped get my wife started with breastfeeding. She stayed in contact with us over the next few weeks and checked in to see if things were going well. She made another visit to our home a couple weeks later to once again check on breastfeeding and answer any questions or concerns we had as new parents. I would not hestitate to seek Doula services if you are on the fence about it. Anna's fees are average and reasonable. Its money WELL SPENT! I think a Doula would be the ultimate push present for your wife. I'll be contacting Anna again if my wife and I choose to have another!
-JD haesloop
June 19, 2013
Anna Tarasova
Doula Anna
Birth Fee: $2100 to $3500
