Testimonial for Megan Gifford, CD(DONA)
Megan is an INCREDIBLE birth doula! She is knowledgable, supportive, and kind. She has a great sense of humor and puts you at ease from the moment you meet her. Megan came prepared for all of our prenatal meetings and answered both mine and my husbands questions in a non-judgemental, informative way. She was hands-on when showing us how to prepare for the birth using Spinning Babies exercises and also provided us with a binder of information on numerous prenatal/birth/postpartum related things should we want/need it. Despite this being my first birth, I opted out of taking a labor preparation course; however, I never felt unprepared with Megan as part of our support team. My labor was long (2 days) due to induction and the delivery wasn't easy either (3 hours of pushing and a shoulder dystocia), but Megan never waivered. She offered a hand to hold or a soothing voice when needed. As an added bonus, Megan was able to capture on camera some of our most precious memories of the labor, birth, and first postpartum moments for us to keep forever. Intuitively, she knew when to be close and when to give us space as a family. Most surprisingly, my husband was completely won over by Megan. In all honesty, he thought a birth doula was a complete waste of money; however, after just our first prenatal meeting with her he said, "she is worth every penny". I couldn't agree more. He has already decided that should we be blessed with another birth in the future, she will be there as our doula.
Finally, if you are on the fence about getting your placenta encapsulated (a service Megan offers); do it! After a lot of thought, we chose to have her do this and she delivered the pills to me at our first postpartum visit (3 days after the birth). I went back and forth many times about whether or not I wanted to do it, but now I'm a believer! They helped me to avoid a massive hormone dip following the birth, kept my milk supply up, and aided me in maintaining energy.
-Tiffany Taylor
May 28, 2019
Megan Gifford, CD(DONA)
Beautiful Bellies Doula Services
Birth Fee: $2000
Postpartum Rate: $55 to $70
