Sheryl Uglis-Navarro

7/21/2009

 The second I met Kim I knew that she was going to be great!  This proved very true throughout my pregnancy and eventual delivery.  Kim was incredibly supportive throughout my entire pregnancy.  She was always available for even the silliest of questions.  During my labor most of the time the only voice that I heard was Kim's.  I don't know what we would've done without her.  I'm now happy to call her my friend!

Lori and Fred Kinney

7/18/2009

We interviewed two doulas for our first birth experience – which happened to be with twins. We like both candidates and felt they were qualified, but we had an instant rapport with Kim which we felt was most important. Kim listened and answered all of our questions as first time parents and she really went out of her way to make the lead up to the birth as stress free as possible. She also respected our wishes and didn’t try to sway us into experiences that we didn’t want. She also got along very well with my husband and understood his humor which was very important since they needed to work as a team. Kim meet with us three times prior to the birth discussing everything to the birth plan to pumping to labor positions. She also attended a hospital tour and an ultrasound appointment with me when my husband was out of town. I was able to call Kim at any time with questions and took advantage of that at 3am when my water broke and again at 3am when the contractions were come fast and hard. Kim was with me in the hospital working to help have as natural and comfortable labor and delivery as possible. She was an advocate for me and my husband helping us to ask, question of the doctor and nurse to ensure se had the experience we wanted. Kim was able to attend the actual birth of the twins and was right there as part of the birthing team for the pushing and delivery. I ended up delivering both twins vaginally which was an amazing expericne and I’m so glad that Kim was able to be in the room. I feel that we not only found a doula for our birthing experience needs, but a friend who will help support us as first-time parents during this new journey.