Testimonial for Katie Richardson, CD(DONA)
At 36wks, hubby and I knew we were behind in preparing for a natural birth. Overwhelmed and stressed from other areas of our lives being very busy, we decided to find a doula to help us have a positive birth experience. Katie immediately stood out to us. She answered our questions thoughtfully and thoroughly, and we just felt her genuineness and nurturing, giving spirit. Once we talked to Katie about what we wanted (as natural as possible, but mostly a positive labor/birth experience for us and baby), we felt so much weight lift off our shoulders. We no longer felt the need to do tons of research and prep for laboring. She helped us to focus on the things that matter most for our plan (positive affirmations, relaxing, reading Hypnobabies if time allowed).
At 38 weeks, I went into labor. She made sure to be in contact with me from the moment my water broke and I texted her at 5:45am! She seemed to know exactly what I was worried about each step of the way. She'd remind me that I've got this and I AM ready despite me initially feeling behind. After we got to the hospital, she reassured me after every bit of news or information explaining the positive side to each bit of news. It didn't go as natural as I planned, but Katie really helped me to remember that plans change and my health and babies health was the most important thing.
Without her helping to put things in perspective, I would've had an extremely different birth experience that would've been stressful and fear-based. Her knowledge, social grace, and intuition to what my body was going through/needed was a huge blessing. We are so grateful that we had a wonderful 1st birth experience thanks to Katie. When I shopped around for doulas, a couple of friends mentioned that they liked their doula, but probably wouldn't be friends outside of the labor room. I'm glad I found a doula that I'd be lucky to call a friend! She's just a good person, and you don't meet those everyday!
-Diane Barrett
May 30, 2016
Katie Richardson, CD(DONA)
Nashville Doula Katie/Placenta Encapsulation
Birth Fee: $1200
