We chose her for many reasons: her experience in having had 4 children of her own; her informed manner, giving wonderful advice; and her calm nature, being the very presence we needed in the birthing room when as a first time mum I was scared and didn't really know what was going on. My husband found her being with us so helpful for him too - to relieve some of the pressure on him to be my sole carer when he was doing everything for the first time too. Birth can be pretty traumatic for dads and so having her helping was brilliant for him to know that things were normal and what to expect next. My only regret is that we didn't book in more time with her beforehand to prepare for birth and afterwards to cope with having a newborn at home!
We would definitely recommend having Becca as your doula and if we could have flown her over to the UK for the birth of our second son we would have!
Tom and Nicola Hope, Bristol, UK