Testimonial for Jennifer Monaghan, CD(DONA) HCHD
I can't say enough about my positive experience with Jenn. Beyond all of the normal support and encouragement that I have absolutely no doubt she gives every mom and dad-to-be, she literally saved me from having unnecessary medication when an incompetent (or evil) L&D nurse told me I was only 5-6cm dilated when I was actually 9 1/2 cm and my unmedicated body was telling me to push! I wasn't going to be able to endure the pain, and the struggle of trying not to push when my body wanted to without medication if I was only half way dilated - I was ready to give in and get the epidural. She quietly and professionally encouraged my husband to ask for a second opinion and thank goodness she did! A short time later and with only a few pushes our little boy was born - with no medication.
On a side note, my husband and I don't do much without a ton of research and so you can imagine it was the same with a doula. Jenn's was the very first name to cross our path and if we had listened to all the reviews and advice we would have stopped there. But if we had done that, we wouldn't have fully appreciated how great of a fit for us she was. Other doulas we spoke to had many of their own opinions and pushed us in directions we weren't interested in. Some of them put doubts, and even fear into us because of the decisions we had already researched and made. Jenn couldn't have been farther from this. She really let us take the lead and tell her what we hoped our birth experience would be like. She was nothing but encouraging with every decision we made and fair and balanced when we asked her perspective or advice. Nowhere in the entire process did we ever feel like she was making decisions for us, but calmly encouraged and guided. She was also responsive and supportive well before and after baby's actual birth day. Couldn't be more grateful that we went with a doula and especially, that we found Jenn!
-Talia G.
September 25, 2019
Jennifer Monaghan, CD(DONA) HCHD
Doula Jenn
Birth Fee: $3000
