Testimonial for Katie Richardson, CD(DONA)
We were so grateful to have hired Katie to support me for the birth of our second daughter. During our prenatal meetings, she really took time to get to know us, and we had some great conversations about maternity care reform in general and my views on evidence-based care - her background in public health is an incredible asset as well. She read the story of my first birth and was very attentive to the details of what went well and what didn't. Then at the birth, she arrived just as my labor started to get really intense and she immediately remembered that we had discussed the "double-hip-squeeze", and so she started to apply pressure to my lower back. This was the first physical relief I had, as my other pain-coping techniques hadn't been helping much! I finally felt like I could handle the labor. She helped me labor in different positions and was very supportive of both me and my husband for the rest of the experience, which included a hospital transfer for some unpleasant (but not preventable) postpartum complications. Then after the fact, she helped me psychologically process what had transpired.
Many women who birth out-of-hospital don't feel that they need a doula as much as they would in hospital, because midwives also provide labor coaching and emotional support. I loved my midwives, and at the same time was also really grateful to have Katie's emotional and physical support. She is an excellent doula and an all-around-great person.
-Reyna Gordon
January 11, 2014
Katie Richardson, CD(DONA)
Nashville Doula Katie/Placenta Encapsulation
Birth Fee: $1200
