Testimonial for Heather Pound -DONA, Hypnobirthing, Photography
Heather was amazing! I couldn't have done it without her. A drug free birth was not on my bucket list, but when I ended up testing positive for COVID 8 days before labor I could no longer use nitrous oxide gas for pain control. Heather was very calm and reassuring that I could do it and she was here to help get me through it. Sure enough with Heather's expertise and encouragement I somehow made it through it all without any pain medication which I never would have thought I could have done. She helped encourage me to try different positions which I think greatly helped me make the progress I made during every cervical check which was a great motivation to keep going. Also very key to the entire laboring/birthing process was the counterpressure she was able to instruct my husband to help with. She knew exactly the right kind of counterpressure for both of them to apply from my legs to my hips was absolutely key to helping reducing the pain and discomfort. This was our second birth and it was a completely different experience for both my husband and I. My husband felt so much more involved, able to be helpful and so much more of an life experience. It was definitely much more of an experience for me as well, a lot less clinical and intervention heavy ("birth just happening to you" as Heather explains) and a lot more of an actual personal experience. Heather was on top of it documenting and photographing everything and making sure the things in my birth plan were followed through which I didn't feel like happened with my first. She is very down to earth and relatable which helped me be completely at ease with her and confident she'd be the amazing doula she was! I definitely could not have done it without her. I would have just thrown in the towel in a panic the moment they told me I couldn't have nitrous oxide gas and gotten an epidural. But instead I made it all the way through labor and delivery with Heather's coaching and expertise drug free.
-Shannon Tulk
March 23, 2022
Heather Pound -DONA, Hypnobirthing, Photography
Mama & Sprout Birth Services
Birth Fee: $1900
