Testimonial for Tabare Depaep, J.D., Esq., HCHD
Taba was our doula for the birth of our daughter, way back in January 2009. She was amazingly helpful to me as a first-time mom-to-be. She was fun, and well informed, and enthusiastic about anything about babies and pregnancy. She quickly gained the trust and respect of my husband, which was absolutely essentail to us being an effective team during the birth. I had taken Bradley classes but was also toying with the idea of a hypnobabies birth. Taba was enthusiastic and supportive through the whole discovery / learning process. I think she was one of the major reasons why our daughter came to this world without any medication in a regular hospital birthing suite. We managed to use tools and ideas from both methoods and overall I think it went much much better than anything I could have imagined.
When trying to figure out breastfeeding Taba was again essential. Our daughter and I were rather bad at it initially, and went through quite a few of the standard difficulties, which, of course at the time, for me were anything but standard. To this day I still claim that figuring out the breastfeeding was the hardest thing I have done, but with Taba, we have managed to figure things out, and my baby and I enjoyed a loving nursing relationship that lasted over two years!
I was totally absolutely heart broken that she moved away; if you are an east coaster mommy-to-be, you are so lucky! She is a little earthy, a little hippie, totally cool, absolutely enthusiastic, but also all around amazingly well educated and informed about the whole proess (and much much more). She knows her stuff, but also makes sure the mother-to-be makes all the decisions right for her. Of course she is not the medical member of your birth team, but I would definitely trust her with my life and that of my unborn child. Wait, I already did! And I am proud of what came out of all of it.
-Gizem Karaali
November 05, 2011
Tabare Depaep, J.D., Esq., HCHD
Doulablebirth
Birth Fee: $2800 to $3000
