Testimonial for Candace Mensik, CD(DONA), SpBCPE
Through my whole pregnancy Candace felt engaged and involved and most importantly like she really truly cared about me and how this process went for me. Every time we met up for a session my husband and I discussed how much better we felt after talking to her, she eased our anxiety and just empowered us to think “we can do this”
In our birthing class I thought the way she made my husband practice the massages with me felt a little silly because she’d be there with us at birth to direct, but it was amazing how empowered my husband felt to step in before she arrived and implemented what she’d taught him, what I’d thought a little silly was apparently exactly what HE needed to feel empowered to help, which was one of our goals in getting a doula.
With Candace’s assistance my birth was truly a magical and calm experience and markedly different from my first.
I also want to shout out and thank Candace for coming to the hospital not once but twice. I was induced and in communication with Candace the whole time and we had agreed she’d come when I felt out of control and wanted assistance, my second day at the hospital my baby was found breech and needed an emergency ECV or c-section. I was terrified if the ECV failed I’d end up separated from my baby somehow so we came up with the plan that should anything happen Candace would stay with me and my husband would go with baby. So Candace came to the hospital at 11pm for the ECV, which was successful! Then when my doctor told me we wouldn’t be breaking my water or using more medication to induce labor until the morning, Candace went home and was back when I went into labor the next day without any complaints and a smile on her face ready to help.
If you are looking for a doula who cares about, empowers you and gives you the gumption to labor on your own terms I cannot recommend Candace enough.
-Sarah
June 02, 2022
Candace Mensik, CD(DONA), SpBCPE
Transcendent Birth LLC
Birth Fee: $1800 to $2250
