Testimonial for christiane vermeersch
I can't say enough good things about Christine! Getting a doula was perhaps one of the best decisions we made during our pregnancy, getting Christine was the next one!
Prenatal: She was always available over phone and gave us excellent advice about questions that emerged throughout our pregnancy
During labor: I had a really long and stressful labor - I do not think I could have survived that and held on for as long as I did without her help. Throughout our time at the hospital she was the one calm objective voice in the room helping us make difficult decisions and then making us feel confident about the decisions we did make. She was amazing at involving my husband when trying different pain coping methods. What was even more amazing though was how she made sure my mom did not feel left out. She would constantly ask her "What do you think about this or that". When you are in so much pain and are exhausted from 20 hours of labor, it was impossible for me to think about all this. Also, I'm not sure where she gets all her energy! She was constantly doing hip squeezes for me - even my husband was not able to do it with as much pressure as she was applying - and that was after we'd already been at the hospital for more than 12 hours (mostly awake!!)
Postpartum: After I had my baby, I had a tough initial few days because I did not have enough milk, baby had to go to ER because he was dehydrated etc - all in all really stressful and emotional time. Christine was the first person to ask me how I was feeling (when we had our postpartum visit)
To summarize Christine is an expert at the technical aspects of being a doula (pain coping, exercises etc) and will be a great emotional support for you through the magical and extremely emotional process of giving birth.
-Megha Sharma
March 20, 2015
christiane vermeersch
Healing Hands Doula
Birth Fee: $3000 to $4000
