“She (Joan) was the most equipped, knowledgeable, sincere, and strong certified nurse midwife I had met…and I devoted two months to meeting a lot. I was terrified of giving birth, so I painstakingly researched. Not to say they all aren’t amazing, but from my first phone conversation with her in the parking lot of the Deep Eddy pool, I knew she was who I needed. I told all my friends I was meeting that day, ‘I finally found the one!’ Not only did she tell me I COULD have a VBAC, but she also told me how, and why, and smoothed over my fears of uterine rupture with facts. Her extensive experience was clear, her manner was methodical and there was a comfort I found in her that was solid and warm simultaneously."