Testimonial for Laura DePasquale, CD(DONA)
I recommend Laura’s birth preparation class and doula services. With Laura, I achieved what I had previously believed to be impossible: a positive, empowering 100% unmedicated birth with my first child. I sought out Laura’s class because my goal was to avoid a cesarean. I had several friends who had c-sections with their first child despite their wishes to have a natural birth. The key component that was missing from their preparation was serious preparation for an unmedicated birth. Laura taught us powerful relaxation techniques and gave us an understanding of labor and delivery that helped guide us through the experience of labor. She helped us see the importance of having a coach or doula help serve a guide and advocate.
Laura helped me understand that birth could be so much more than just a medical procedure, but an empowering experience that unites you and your partner.
My labor had several challenges despite the fact that I was full-term and low-risk. First, was the presence of meconium when my water was artificially broken. Then my son’s heart rate was declining during contractions. Laura helped ensure that my voice was heard as we made each medial decisions in response to these challenges. My son was born on his due date, so it was surprising there was meconium. But utilizing the strategies I learned about in Laura’s class, I remained calm and collected during each bump in the road. At one point, I was 8 cms dialated and making jokes with the nurses! That is how powerful the relaxation techniques Laura helped us learn are.
I will forever be grateful to Laura for preparing me for my first birth experience. When life brings difficult moments in the future, I will look back at these memories and recall that there’s nothing I can’t handle because I did THAT. Thank you, Laura! You are a gift to the world, and I am incredibly blessed to know you. Thank you for doing what you do.
-Mary Kate O’Boyle
September 06, 2019
Laura DePasquale, CD(DONA)
Holistic Beginnings,LLC
Birth Fee: $1200 to $2400
Postpartum Rate: $50 to $60
