Testimonial for Rose Smith
I am not someone who uses flowery language and I am not the type who thinks I need extra people in the room when I give birth My history with trauma has made labor especially pushing a place where I check out fast Dissociation has been my normal I have had four births before this one and every time I planned to stay home I never actualy made it My mind allways slipped my body followed and I ended up somewhere I did not want to be This time was different and that is becasue of my doula I will be honest All the prenatal education she gave me felt like overkill at first I remember thinking “Alright this is too much I get it” But when I hit that moment in labor where things get real and the room closes in and the old panic tries to drag me under all of that “overkill” became the lifeline I reached for What got me through pushing was watching her lips That was it Hyper-focusing on her mouth while she talked kept me present when my mind wanted to run I stayed in my body I stayed in my home And for the first time in my life I didn’t disapear It took me a long time to realize that what I had been missing in all my previous births was trust Not medical help Not pain relief Trust I needed a woman who understood what it feels like to be pulled out of yourself by old pain I needed someone who could keep me anckored without hovering someone who knew how to be there without taking over She did exactly that After the birth something happened that has never happened for me before I wanted to hold my baby right away In the past I allways needed distance so I could come back to myself first This time I didn’t I felt grounded Present Safe I never thought I would say this but having her there made the difference between just surviving another birth and actualy experiencing it
-Dani
January 05, 2026
Rose Smith
Sacred Ground Birth Services
Birth Fee: $1550
Postpartum Rate: $30
