Testimonial for Luci Gimenes
When my wife became pregnant late 2018 with our first child, my wife started looking into hiring a doula to help her manage the pain before and during labor. Originally, I was a little hesitant because of the cost and frankly lots of women give birth without a doula. But since I wasn’t the one that had to go through the pregnancy nor give birth, I reluctantly agreed to hiring a doula.
In January 2019 my wife found Luci, and shortly after meeting her my wife and I decided we liked her and that her personality fit well with ours.
Over the course of the next few months Luci helped my wife to manage the discomfort of the pregnancy with suggestions, like sleeping positions, support belts to help my wife carry the extra weight, and other techniques to help manage the discomfort.
On the day of labor; in short, I don’t know if I could have managed without Luci being there. During the pregnancy I tried to train myself to stay calm and focused. But having Luci there helped a lot. She gave suggestions, like positions and helped massage my wife during the contractions. My wife had a long delivery and so we eventually decided on an epidural, at which point the nurse and midwife confined my wife to the bed. With the epidural my wife felt little pain during the contractions and was able to rest. But even during this time Luci, assisted my wife.
After delivery Luci still went above and beyond what I expected from a doula. She gave my wife plenty of advice on nursing and caring for our child.
In short, I'm glad my wife found Luci and if my wife and I were to have more children I would not hesitate to hire Luci again!
-David
June 17, 2019
Luci Gimenes
Doula and Lactation Consultant
Birth Fee: $1600 to $1750
