Testimonial for Jennifer Richards CD(DONA), CLD, HCHD, CYBE
Thanks to Jen, my husband and I had the best birthing experience considering the circumstances! I do not believe we could have had such a fulfilling experience without her support. I was late in the game getting a doula and honestly getting any information on labor and delivery. Being pregnant and in the military, I found myself constantly exhausted and too tired to endlessly search through all the information out there. However, Jen provided packets, pamphlets, and booklets of evidence based and un-biased research to help us create our birth plan. Not to mention she was willing to take me on with a due date three days before Christmas and her little one’s birthday!
She wasn’t just there for us during the delivery but she was there for every silly question I had about my pregnancy. When I felt like the doctors were making me feel unsure about certain decisions I had made about my birth plans, she was there to remind me what research and which statistics lead me to that decision in the first place. And I can’t forget the perfectly accurate and witty motivational memes she would send me on my hardest days of pregnancy!
Even though my birth plan was to have a completely natural birth with no medical interventions, I ended up getting an epidural and eventually having a C-Section due to complications (my worst fear since I’ve never had a surgery). Not only did Jen come into the delivery room, but she was so supportive of each decision that was made and kept reassuring me that I had not failed. Birth plans change and she was there to help my husband support me through this stressful (and scary) time. Without Jen, I would have felt like I failed myself, my husband and my precious little baby. Thank you so much Jen, we love you!
-Audrie MacKenzie
February 18, 2017
Jennifer Richards CD(DONA), CLD, HCHD, CYBE
Serene Beginnings Birth Services
Birth Fee: Not specified
