Testimonial for Tracy Abney from Terese Hasty

Testimonial for Tracy Abney

We hired Tracy for the birth of our second son. Our first birth was a homebirth, but we decided to go the hospital route with the second since our insurance didn't cover our homebirth. We knew we wanted a natural birth and were anxious about what the hospital experience might be like. When we interviewed Tracy, I explained that our plan was to labor as long as possible at home and basically just go to the hospital at the last possible moment. Tracy was completely supportive of that plan and we could tell she understood not only what we wanted but how to get it.

When I did go into labor, Tracy and I kept in touch via text throughout the morning. My husband texted her around noon when I transitioned to let her know we were leaving for the hospital. She met us at the car as soon as we got there, and ushered us through admitting. I honestly think the only reason we got to an L&D room as quickly as we did was because the staff recognized Tracy! I was so thankful for her calm presence as she explained each thing they were doing and made suggestions for positions I could be in. I instinctively flipped onto my hands and knees as my baby started crowning, and the doctor kept asking me to turn over. I was so thankful for Tracy telling me I was fine and didn't need to move. I had told her initially that I was most worried about the pushing, since I pushed my first for 3 hours. I will never forget her voice in my ear encouraging me as my baby was born. Thankfully it only took a couple pushes this time! He was born about 30 minutes after we had pulled into the parking lot.

Not only did Tracy help us have the birth we wanted, she also took amazing pictures of the birth and our son right after he was born. I couldn't believe some of the moments she captured since I honestly don't remember seeing her camera at all. I am so thankful for those precious photos. We would hire Tracy again in a heartbeat!

-Terese Hasty

December 15, 2016