Testimonial for Patrycja (Patty) Drozd CD(DONA)
My wife and I had a successful homebirth about 2 weeks ago with our first baby. We came across Patty online. We scheduled a zoom call with her and she was so sweet! She walked us through everything, gave us some tips, and answered all of our questions. After the zoom call, my wife and I immediately decided we wanted to go with her. A few weeks later Patty came to our apartment to walk us through a few more things and instructed us on different positions to do for when my wife was laboring (ie. Mile's circuit). She really emphasized instructing me on my role during labor, which was VERY helpful since I did not want to be useless! When the day came for us to have our baby, Patty was keeping in communication with me and also connected to my wife's contractions app to keep track of how things were progressing. Patty came at 4am (baby came at 10am). She came and immediately went to work. She was suggesting different positions for my wife, keeping a fresh cool washcloth on her at all times, assisting the midwife to keep my wife clean and modest throughout the labor, continuously offering her water (she pushed for 3.5 hours!), helping keep pressure on her hips during contractions, and MUCH MORE. What helped a lot was when the pushing started, Patty took over the hands-on portion to allow me to be more present with my wife. An hour or so after our baby came, we unfortunately had to quickly run over to a local hospital to get my wife's tearing looked at. As you can imagine, it was TOUGH leaving our newborn soon after delivering him. After 2 hours in the ER, we came home to a CLEAN apartment and Patty rocking our newborn son to sleep. We felt he was safe in her hands. To conclude, I would say Patty was an extension of me throughout the labor. Like if I had 2 extra, more capable hands. She supported my wife as I would have, but added in the knowledge and experience that I did not have. Being a doula is truly her calling!
-Kamil
March 16, 2022
Patrycja (Patty) Drozd CD(DONA)
PDdoula & Birth Photographer
Birth Fee: $1800
