Testimonial for Elizabeth Oldham CD(DONA), HCHD, HBCE from Henry Crowder

Testimonial for Elizabeth Oldham CD(DONA), HCHD, HBCE

From start to finish, simply amazing. My wife suggested we find a doula and fully aware of my limited knowledge regarding birth, I quickly agreed. I never imagined it would, without question be our the best decision! That's saying a lot as we REALLY also loved our hospital and midwives! After selecting Liz to be our doula we decided to take her Hypnobirthing class to get to know her better. This reaffirmed our initial feeling that she was the right choice while really opening our eyes to hypnobirthing as well.

As we approached our due date, Liz was always available to help with any questions or concerns. Our baby girl was born 15 days late and Liz was instrumental in assisting both myself and Julie(wife) to stay positive, upbeat and calm during the long wait. When I couldn't find the right words, Liz was just a call or text away offering support and helpful articles.

I'm not exaggerating when I say literally no part of our delivery went according to our birth plan. We were induced, induction caused what I can only describe as involuntary pushing although she was only 3cm dilated, had an epidural, baby was sunny side up, pushed for over three hours, had an emergency C section which required putting Julie under general anesthesia and didn't allow me in the operating room. Yet somehow still felt positive about our experience. In large part because Liz was right there explain what was happening, offering guidance and assuring us that each difficult decision we made was the right one.

Liz even had one of her other doula's Avele there helping us too. I could go on and on about Avele as well, but I'm running out of characters! While Liz had to step away briefly to help another client with Avele it was like she never left. Avele even stay and captured some of our most prized pictures.

Balance Birth Support you won't regret it.

-Henry Crowder

October 25, 2017