Testimonial for Anna Hourihan
Anna was my post-partum doula for my third birth. When our latest arrived, we had a 4 year old and a 2 year old. My 2 year old had a freak backyard accident and was admitted to the hopsital with a skull fracture when I was 39 weeks pregnant. My husband spent the week with him while I held down the fort at home and traveled back and forth to the hospital.
Anna was AMAZINGLY supportive for our family during this time. She helped cover childcare, meals, transportation and more and really looked out for our emotional well-being. She visited me in the hospital to sit with me and my 2 year old so my husband could shower and take a break. She helped me process and seek resources to process the anxiety about bringing a new baby in during an upheaval. She was a LIFELINE. Fortunately, baby #3 held off til 41 weeks and our 2 year old was home for a week before he became a big brother.
It will still a big transition for the middle kid, and Anna worked with us a TON on that. She helped with childcare, she helped me process the transition and mom guilt stuff related to siblings and new babies, she came over to be an extra set of adult hands to help with the chaos of early evenings during those early days. MOST HELPFULLY and not to be understated, she helped my husband and I work out how to strucutre her time with us to get us the support we needed (some sleep, some downtime, some special kid time).
She is a super helpful babywearing expert. And we also had some early feeding issues that Anna worked on with us by listening, supporting, problem-solving, referring out to great resources, and helping me to organize and implement my plan for addressing them.
Anna is kind, knowledgable, and not afraid to jump in. Her combination of intelligence, curiousity, helpfulness, empathy, and practical support makers her THE BEST kind of postpartum helper and I recommend her to everyone!
-April
May 20, 2022
Anna Hourihan
Small Hands Doula
Postpartum Rate: $45 to $50
