Testimonial for Vanessa Lewis, CPM (Cert Professional Midwife), CBD, PEP
(continued below) We knew that Vanessa was helping another client with a difficult birth at the same time, so she wasn’t able to be with us for the first two days in hospital. However, she was able to offer her help and guidance by phone, and her insight and experience helped us to navigate through some tough decisions for us as a couple. She even offered to send another doula to us in her place, but we felt we had the time to wait before we made a decision.
Vanessa was able to join us for day three which was the day our son was born. She greeted us with such warmth and compassion and quickly got to work in making the room more comfortable. We didn’t really know what to expect because we never had a chance to schedule a second prenatal visit with her to go through a labor practice, but she started some aromatherapy which was amazing, and helped us through some exercises to encourage labor progression. We walked up and down the short hall, took up a squatting position, sat on a bouncy ball, and she encouraged my husband to assist me through it all which I really appreciate looking back. When the labor intensified, she guided me through some breathing exercises, and demonstrated some counterpressure maneuvers to my husband which REALLY did the trick! It was hands down the most intense and emotional experience of my life, and Vanessa was able to guide us as a couple to get through it together in a way that wasn’t intrusive, or authoritative. She even had the foresight to take some pictures of the labor and delivery, without us asking, which I am really grateful for.
At the end of the day, even though it wasn’t the birth I had envisioned, with the help of my husband, Vanessa, and the hospital team, we were able to get through it without any pain medication, and looking back now, I can’t really imagine it going any other way. It was a beautiful and empowering experience.
-Hui Kim
April 09, 2017
Vanessa Lewis, CPM (Cert Professional Midwife), CBD, PEP
Trinity Midwifery & New Life Blessings
Birth Fee: $2800 to $5000
