Testimonial for Melanie Russell
She saved us,
Labor at home went as expected for baby number two. It was faster than our first but manageable. When we felt it was time to go, we called Melanie to get her insight. She decided to meet us at home. When she arrived she knew that we needed to leave ASAP. She could tell by the way I was posturing during labor that I was feeling pressure and baby was really working its way down. We got in the car and ten minutes later my water broke. We parked at the hospital, she brought a wheel chair and we ran into VCU. During the running I could feel the baby crown. As we got into the elevator Melanie assessed my backside and discovered that the baby was coming. She then placed her hands on me to support me and the baby. She then paged my midwife who ran to meet us at the elevator. As we got to L&D and came off the elevator my midwife saw the impending birth, told me to push and out came my baby while I was riding backwards in the wheel chair in the hallway. Without Melanie's fast action, assessment, constant communication with my providers and wisdom my husband would have deliveried our baby girl in the car, lobby, elevator or even at home. Cosidering that my baby was wrapped up in her cord would have made any of the other possibilities very dangerous. Melanie was our Devine intervention. She knows what to do, when to do it and how to do it. She is as asset to any birth plan and can handle any situation with swift action and wisdom.
-Eva Wilson
November 30, 2014
Melanie Russell
A Brighter Birth
Birth Fee: $1800
