Testimonial for Renée Pizzuto

When I got pregnant I knew that I wanted to have as healthy a pregnancy as possible which led me to take pre-natal yoga classes. We knew that we wanted someone with experience to help us and to advocate for us so that we could be sure to have every chance possible of having our dream delivery. I found Renee and had one video call and I knew then that we had definitely found our doula - and I'm quite sure that this is the path I was meant to follow. I went into labor (which ended up being 33 hours total) and when things were getting really hard for me my husband called Renee and asked her to come to our house - it was the perfect time for her to show up because I was losing faith and confidence in myself (and of course it was the middle of the night but Renee came without hesitation). Renee came in and coached me through some contractions - then she massaged me through some contractions and for the first time I was able to remain sitting through them. She gently massaged my feet and legs and I was able to fall asleep for the few minutes in between contractions. Also, during this time she was with me my husband was able to take a critical nap since he had been awake with me the whole time and was really worried about driving me to the hospital on no sleep. He felt comfortable leaving me in Renee's capable hands - the trust we both had in her was so important to this process. My contractions were so painful that I was saying I couldn't do it any longer - I wanted to go to the hospital and get an epidural...just abandoning my birth plan but Renee said to me "if we get to the hospital and you are at 8 cm will you work with me?" and I agreed. Well one crazy car ride later we were at the hospital and I was at 8 cm! There was no time to even think about an epidural and Renee held both my body and mind while all the hospital stuff happened around us - she kept me calm and centered as my fear started escalating. (Continued below)

-Meghan Marton

June 10, 2018