Testimonial for Alaska McFadden from R.G.

Testimonial for Alaska McFadden

We hired Alaska at the beginning of my pregnancy, and it was the best decision we made. Throughout my pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum she's been our number one go to for providing information and amazing referrals for everything I’ve needed. Alaska also supported me while I navigated through choosing, re-choosing, changing, and ultimately going back to my original care provider. I had chosen a traditional OB GYN practice but was slowly coming to the realization that wasn’t what I wanted. I told Alaska what I was after and what I felt were my limitations. She swung into action and helped provide resource after resource of how I could change care. However, at that time I decided to stay with my current provider. Alaska was unphased and fully supportive even though she had spent lots extra time and phone calls to support a provider change. Weeks later, I decided that I did in fact want to change care. Again, unphased, she provided me with more resources, and I did change care teams! I was so excited about my decision to birth at home and could not have made the last-minute switch to a phenomenal midwife without Alaska’s help. Ultimately though, I had to be induced at a hospital when I was 37 weeks, switching back to my original care. Alaska went above and beyond to ensure my birth was a positive and empowering experience including sticking with me for 43 hours straight. I'd never imagined I would need to be induced and had no idea what it would entail. Alaska explained everything I would encounter for the induction and helped me navigate the entire experience. While my birth didn’t go as planned it was completely rad- largely in part to her energy and her efforts. While I didn't have the unmedicated intervention free birth I had hoped for I was able to deliver vaginally and have an amazing experience. She made my birth fun and memorable. I will of course never forget that day and never forget the role Alaska played.

-R.G.

December 29, 2020