Ashley and David
I am very thankful I met Amy. I never in a million years thought about having a doula or a natural labor. This was my second birth, I was in a foreign country and I was away from my family except my husband and my daughter, so I was pretty nervous. Then, on top of that I found out I had to give birth in a Korean hospital so I was even more unsure about going through this delivery. So when I met Amy and we started talking, she put my mind at ease. She put my mind at ease and I started to realize that she was the answer to my prayers to get through my labor. She answered my questions about all the benefits of natural labor and the disadvantages of routine intervention and opened my eyes. Come to find out I couldn’t have any pain medicine anyways. She had lots of great techniques and methods to get me through my contractions since my baby was posterior. I didn’t think that I would be able to get through the pain but she reassured me that I could and I did. It was nice to have someone who knew what was going on through all the stages of labor, and to be there to explain it all to me, when the doctors couldn’t or wouldn’t. So the answer to if I would ever hire a doula again would definitely be yes, and I have already recommended her to a lot of people. I am confident to say that they will be pleased with her abilities. -Ashley

I personally don’t think that we could’ve gone through what we did if we had not have had a doula. My wife was in labor for 36 hard hours and gave birth naturally. Our doula was there when we asked her to be and stayed until the end. She was extremely helpful with my wife’s labor. Our baby was posterior through the whole labor until right before she came out somehow she turned. My wife was in unbearable pain and kept telling me that she just wanted a c-section so the baby would come out and the pain would be over. If it wasn’t for our doula I would have let her and that probably would have been the worst mistake of my life. I think that it was a blessing that we even met our doula and that she was there to help us. -David

Successful VBAC Mom and Dad
I didn’t have a doula with my first child but with my second child I had Amy and she made my pregnancy a much better experience.  She made it possible for me to feel secure in my decisions and gave me information that I was not aware of or had little knowledge of.  During the labor and birth Amy reassured me and it is thanks to her that my birthing experience was everything I was hoping for.  -Mom

This was my first child so it was great having a doula. She helped us out a lot! I felt lost but she made everything easy. I gained a lot of knowledge in this pregnancy and birth. -Dad

Lindsay and Troy
I wanted to have a doula to help me get through my labor completely naturally. The experience was far better than I could have ever imagined. Amy was able to help me not focus on the pain but to focus on getting my baby into better positioning so that I would have an easier labor. I don’t think I could have gone all the way natural if I hadn’t had Amy there to show me ways to stay comfortable and calm through each contraction. I learned so much and cannot thank Amy enough for her help and knowledge. -Lindsay

Thank you very much, I was going into this rather blindly on how to assist my wife and you helped so very much. Your suggestions and methods were amazing. -Troy

Andrea and Henry
I hired a doula to help me with information on medical intervention verses natural labor and birth, as well as  for help and comfort with coping with pain during labor. My goal was to have a natural birth with as little medical intervention as possible. Having a doula helped me mentally prepare for labor and understand the risks of different medications and possible interventions. Having a doula also helped me to be more proactive in my choices, relieve common pregnancy discomforts through exercises and overall helped alleviate anxiety and stress related to labor, pregnancy and motherhood. The actual labor progressed at a surprising rate.  I don’t believe there is any way to predict how the labor would go but I was very grateful to have a doula at my side.  I would definitely hire a doula for any future pregnancy and would fully recommend one to others. -Andrea

For an inexperienced father during the labor process, a doula is  very valuable. In a place like Korea with limited support the doula offered great advice, techniques and other helpful information to calm me and my wife. She offered support that we could not find in Korea. In the future we would hire a doula and would recommend a doula to other families in Korea. -Henry