Testimonial for Susan Rotman, AAHCC, CD(DONA)
Susan was invaluable during my wife's 46-hour labor. Do your family right and hire her (and take her birth class!). She is compassionate, positive, strong, honest, and direct. She is fiercely loyal to her clients and optimizing their birthing outcomes. She responded to calls/texts with lightning speed at all times of the day and night during labor. She also helped us make the right (and difficult) choices when things got tough, which I would not have been able to make without her. Within the first 10 minutes of being at the birth center, she asked me what my wife liked/disliked (for comfort/pain/focus) and did a fantastic job of considering and re-assessing these preferences throughout labor. A few hours later, she helped my wife's water break naturally which really boosted our morale and helped labor progress. She constantly helped my wife focus on natural breathing, staying positive, using warm/cool cloths, and overall was excellent at reading my wife’s body language and responding appropriately. For clients of Women's Birth and Wellness Center in Chapel Hill, you'll have the extra benefit of Susan's familiarity with the facility and strong rapport with the staff. I’m sure this is also true in the local hospitals as well, to varying degrees.
When preparing for something as unpredictable and challenging as childbirth, it’s best to do everything you can to increase your likelihood of success because you won’t know what factors are most important when the time comes. Aside from being an educated consumer of birth services and being fully committed to natural childbirth, hiring Susan is (in my opinion) the best way to ensure an optimal birth!
-Matthew Scruggs
November 18, 2015
Susan Rotman, AAHCC, CD(DONA)
Rotman Education Services, LLC
Birth Fee: $2000 to $2500
