Testimonial for Rylie Geant
For the birth of my first child I was attempting a home water birth and as a single mom I knew I'd wanted to be surrounded by supportive women. When I met Rylie I instantly took to her personality - she just seemed like exactly the type of woman who I'd want at my birth. My labor was pretty fast and got intense fairly quickly so when Rylie showed up I was very relieved to see her. She went above and beyond anything I could have expected when it came to support and encouragement and she was very respectful in showing my mom and two best friends how to help when they wanted to get in there too. I had a wonderful network of people there (9 in total including the midwives and photographer, whom she worked very well with) but I have to say that having Rylie there was a big part of the reason I was able to keep going when I thought I wanted to give up and transfer to the hospital for pain relief. She had such a strong presence and she knew exactly what she had to do and when. She understood what I meant when I told her in our prenatal visits that I needed someone to keep me grounded, focused and basically tell me what I needed to do to follow my birth plan. Rylie was kind and gentle, but at the same time she provided the confident guidance that I needed to just "be" in the moment, stay positive and not think about how many more contractions I was going to have or how much longer it was going to be. There are no words that can describe how thankful I am that she was able to be there for me and my other support people.
-Ashley Hansen
September 25, 2014
Rylie Geant
New Spirit Arrivals ~ Birth + Postpartum Services
Postpartum Rate: $35 to $40
