Testimonial for Jessica Medrea
From a Dad/Birth Partner's perspective,
Having Jessica as part of our birthing team was invaluable.
During the pregnancy, her regular meetings really supplemented the information we received from our midwives and prenatal classes. She provided more information on all the main topics and was present as my wife and I talked through our thoughts and concerns. Her friendly unbiased input helped us identify our individual biases or incorrect assumptions so that we could decide together what was best for us as a family.
Throughout our entire labour, having Jessica with us, gave me as the birth partner confidence and comfort, both in a physical way, e.g. in the comfort measure I was suggesting as well as the knowledge that she would have more options once my mind inevitably blanked from exhaustion/adrenalin; as well as an emotional way by listening to my own thoughts, concerns and worries so that I felt heard without adding distracting my wife, the midwife or nursing staff from the task at hand.
Our early labour progressed much was described in the birthing classes, quicker than Jessica's intuition on this matter helped me mentally prepare for an immediate admission to the hospital when we were 'only going for preliminary pain management.
During active labour Jessica helped my wife with many of the pushing positions and transitions, allowing the midwife to focus on my wife's condition and me to focus on her emotional needs.
Jessica was able to address some of my needs (Food, drink, Tylonal etc.), which meant I was able to spend more time focusing on my wife and less time navigating the hospital labyrinth looking for food/trying to find my way back to our room.
I would very much like to have Jessica at any subsiquent births we may have.
-Jon F.
November 25, 2021
Birth Fee: $1550 to $1800
