Testimonial for Cristina Evans
Our journey through pregnancy with our first baby included a relocation - changing everything that was familiar from the first 20 weeks. As we were rebuilding our birth team, we knew we would benefit from having an extra advocate in the room. Thank goodness we found Cristina Evans. She was accommodating, knowledgeable, a great listener, and so organized! Her experience was evident in how she was able to guide us - with recommendations for a midwifery practice when I saw big flags with my OB, to keeping in touch between our in-person visits (texting to check in and sending links to resources I asked about), she was someone we knew we could count on.
Cristina always gave us the space to ultimately make our own decisions, but supported us in the process of deciding (ie the binder she made us, the books I borrowed from her, and evidence from past clients' experiences). And then once we made up our minds, she was right there with us.
I had an unusual case of fibroid pain a month before our due date, and while I didn't get a lot of answers from the hospital, Cristina was ready to check in, and send videos explaining what I was going through. I really felt like someone was on our side through it all! She was ready to join us at the hospital when I went into labor in July - and when we were first sent home to labor more there so we could achieve our intervention-free birth, she reassured us that this was ok - she was back at Labor and Delivery when the time did come. Cristina was an essential support for me and my partner before, during and after our daughter's birth.
Additionally, Cristina also is a warm and creative personality - encouraging us to make affirmation banners for our delivery room (these decorate our daughter's room today), assigning us to write our birth story, and even bringing us produce from her garden during an in-person meeting. Cristina Evans is a master doula who you need on your birth team.
-Cristina R
September 24, 2021
Cristina Evans
Blooming Birth,LLC
Birth Fee: $1000 to $1500
