Testimonial for Tracy Abney
Deciding to hire Tracy was a great decision for us. Early on, she was a link to all the pregnancy/birthing resources in Huntsville. She helped us find a childbirthing class and gave book recommendations, and she knew the ins-and-outs about hospitals, doctors, and chiropractors in our area. My husband and I really wanted to have a natural birth, and Tracy was so supportive! She helped us to develop a realistic birth plan and had a great attitude about entering into the unknown that is childbirth.
However, what we are most grateful for is how supportive Tracy was when our best-laid plans for a natural birth didn't work out, and we had a c-section. In reflecting on our baby's birth, I don't think the hardest thing was the unplanned earliness, or the recovery, or the feeling that I was letting myself and our baby down, or that I was disappointing those who supported me. It was the lack of transition. One minute, I was terrified of being cut open. The next minute, there was a baby! It was great to have Tracy there to keep my husband's and my mind more focused on meeting our new baby than we ever could have been on our own. I am so grateful to be able to remember some of the special moments of that day that weren't the surgery: first meeting our baby, first nursing, being so afraid of holding our baby wrong, etc. And, I credit Tracy for helping to create a space where I could take a minute here and there to focus on that day rather than the moments leading up to it and the moments to come after it.
I highly recommend hiring Tracy, regardless of your expectations for childbirth.
-Sarah R. Sandridge
August 03, 2014
Tracy Abney
Rocket City Doulas
Birth Fee: $1500 to $1675
Postpartum Rate: $35 to $45
