Blissful Bellys

We hired Julie to be our doula for the birth of our second child. We wanted a natural, non-medicated birth. We felt comfortable with Julie right away. She never had her own agenda of how things should go – she was completely supportive of our wishes while still providing valuable information to help us make decisions. One of the things we noticed about Julie is how unconcerned she was with things like what we do for a living or other less-relevant information. She was only concerned with helping us prepare for the birth of our daughter.

Labor began on the morning of my due date and seemed to be progressing slowly at first but then began to move very quickly in the early afternoon. I called Julie at 2pm and said I thought she should come over. She arrived just before 3pm. My water had released minutes before Julie arrived and that caused things to progress extremely fast. We decided it was time to go to the hospital but our baby had other ideas. As we were headed to the car, we had to stop in the hallway. We realized that our daughter was going to be born at home. Julie remained calm and talked my husband through the process of receiving our child. She knew what to look for to make sure there were no major problems and reassured us along the way. Our daughter was born at 3:15pm, healthy and perfect. It was amazing! Not scary at all. We were so thankful to have Julie there. We drove ourselves to the hospital a short time later and Julie stayed with us until we were settled in. Julie also came to see us a few days later to visit and process the whole experience. She brought us a CD of the beautiful pictures she somehow remembered to take just after the birth.

We would highly recommend Julie to anyone considering a doula!