Having Stephanie as our Doula was an amazing experience.
We had some difficulties up until delivery including a breech baby up until 38 weeks. Stephanie gave me some Spinning Babies exercises to help get him flipped around. She also helped me advocate for myself during my prenatal appointments when things got a little confusing/I was getting mixed messages.
Labor and delivery progressed quickly and although we anticipated being in the hospital for many hours, suddenly we realized things were going to happen much more quickly than anticipated. Stephanie left a meeting she was in to get there on time for us. By the time Stephanie got there my husband was ready for a break and was also feeling overwhelmed by the situation as he didn’t know how to comfort anymore and also didn’t know how to help encourage me when I was asking for an epidural (despite this not being in our birth plan).
Because Stephanie was there, my husband was able to go to the bathroom. And by the time he came back the baby was on his way out.
If Stephanie hadn't been there, I'm pretty sure there wouldn't have been anyone else in the room when baby came.
She continued to check in on me after we got back home from the hospital and came to visit about 1 week after when we could all reflect on the event together. And we struggled with breastfeeding and witching hours in those first weeks, she was there with support and suggestions.
My husband was a little apprehensive about the whole process initially but we BOTH are so happy we hired Stephanie, especially with it being our first child. Thanks Stephanie!
