Testimonial for Shari McBurney
We met Shari at our natural childbirth class and felt comfortable with her philosophy and that of the class, that the human body knows best and the optimal outcome is to let nature take its course with a minimal amount of medical intervention. We wanted to attempt natural childbirth while remaining open to alternatives, especially if medical circumstances required. That said, Shari was supportive of any direction we wanted to take with our labor.
As first time parents we obviously weren’t familiar with the birth process and decided to also enlist Shari as our doula. It’s an odd scenario, that the medical professionals at the hospital are more inclined than the evidence based class instructors to advocate for unnecessary interventions. We were informed many times in our classes to go to the hospital as late in the process as possible to avoid being pushed towards various methods to speed up the birth. Shari was our sounding board and advocate to help us with explanations and advice. We were able to check in with her throughout the last trimester with any questions and concerns. The decisions were of course ultimately ours in partnership with our doctors, but having her there as a soundboard was invaluable.
Shari was always cheerful, positive and high energy (even if it required some strong coffee after a long night assisting a mother in labor and birth!). Shari met with us in advance at our house to get to know us and understand our preferences, and again at home afterwards a couple of weeks after the birth.
Our birth was a lot faster than expected, less that 6 hours from the first twinges of labor until the actual delivery, so there was little time for all the labor techniques we practiced. Shari was totally attentive to Beth during the birth process, cooling her off, keeping her hydrated and talking her through it all, while still advocating for her wishes.
-Bethany Davies
July 31, 2018
Shari McBurney
Deep Seed Doula
Birth Fee: $3000 to $3500
