Testimonial for Jennifer Mendelson
I am a doula and attended hundreds of births before getting pregnant and beginning to prepare for my own. Knowing my partner and I would want to have a doula, I very carefully chose Jennifer Mendelson.
Jen had a particular way of hearing me and always saying exactly the right thing throughout my pregnancy. She saw me through my fears of a record breaking enormous baby, my changing body image, my family's circumcision debate and a million other things. I was a sensitive, moody pregnant lady and she could always make me laugh and feel more light hearted, even as I knew she was seriously acknowledging my feelings. She managed to do all this seemingly without effort, perhaps because she is so perfectly cut out for her work.
During my labor, she came at exactly the right time, offering coping strategies I desperately needed right when I needed them. I felt such relief when she quietly made her way from my front door to the bathroom, where I stood in 2 inches of cold water waiting for the birth tub to fill. Jen made my partner feel so much more at ease with her confidence and great sense of humor - even as I labored. He and I both knew we could turn to her to ease our fears, albeit in very different ways, and she always came through with just the right look, words or back pressure (I don't know what I would have done without that!). She helped me feel strong, capable and unafraid as I pushed my baby out at home, in the water, with my man and good friends all around. I have such happy memories of her presence at the most important event of my life.
Postpartum, even though I had a lovely birth that was gentle on my body and a sweet, easy baby, I've had so many questions for Jen and she is a wealth of information - with short cuts and solutions to almost any problem.
Jennifer Mendelson has been an invaluable resource for my family, as I'm sure she would be for yours. I recommend no one so highly. She is absolute perfection.
-Emma Summer, birth doula
March 26, 2011
Jennifer Mendelson
Doula Seattle
Postpartum Rate: $75
