Testimonial for Morgan Hayward, CD(DONA)
Morgan supported myself and my family in the home birth of our second baby in May 2021. We interviewed a few doulas and as soon as we started talking with her we knew she was the one! She has a beautiful passion for all things birth. Her curiosity, openness, warmth, flexibility and relaxed attentiveness made us immediatly comfortable with her. We wanted an adaptable birth plan that could accomodate the unpredictable variable of our 3 year old daughter! As a mother herself, Morgan was wonderful with our daughter and her ability and willingness to take on whatever job (including supporting our 3 year old) might be needed when the time for labor came made me feel relaxed and confident that all bases would be covered as we prepared for birth.
Morgans presence always felt deeply relaxing and supportive. She attended a few prenatal appointments with me. She always listened so closely and had such attuned intuition about how to support me. After one appointment she saw how much worry I was holding and simply offered a hug, which was what allowed me to feel and release the feelings I hadnt been allowing myself to feel. She texted me later that day and offered to meet me for a walk and offered to just listen to me say all my worries and fears about labor and birth. It was just what I needed, and helped me so much to see what I needed to do to feel more prepared, and also helped me to see it was time to just let go of the rest of the worries, and recognize that I had set up an amazing birth support team and that I would be supported and could handle whatever happened.
Morgans easy going, gentle, knowledgeable, kind presence would be a gift to any birthing family! I whole heartedly recommend her!
-Erin Carter
September 27, 2021
Birth Fee: $1500
