Testimonial for Rebecca Skillman
Rebecca attended my recent birth on 5/7/22 and the support she provided was absolutely amazing! We found her pretty late into my pregnancy and though we didn’t have many weeks left she made sure to meet with us to show us the tools she had available and teach us some pain management techniques that we could practice. She listened carefully to our birth preferences and leant us some books that were very helpful in developing a birth plan and preparing for an unmedicated hospital birth. I was planning a VBAC which Rebecca was very supportive of and she was eager to help advocate for my wishes in the hospital as needed. In the weeks leading up to birth she sent over other helpful resources and helped me craft my birth plan. I ended up having a somewhat long/weird labor- it was ~48 hours from first contractions to birth - and Rebecca stayed in contact with me the whole time, coaching me, helping keep my motivation up, and reassuring me that it was all normal. When my labor picked up suddenly she joined us as soon as we asked her to. In the hospital she was very responsive to my needs, providing different pain relief/comfort measures, coaching my husband, and advocating for our wishes/guiding us through medical decisions. When I ended up having a lengthy and painful tear repair she stayed to help me through that and made sure we were all settled into our room in the mother-baby unit before leaving. She has also checked up on me multiple times since the birth to see how everything is going.
My labor and birth went about as smoothly as I could have hoped for and I feel like Rebecca played a big role in ensuring that happened. It’s not necessarily easy planning a VBAC and I really feel like having her on my birth team was hugely beneficial in successfully achieving that goal. I’m forever grateful for the support she provided before, during, and after birth. She was truly awesome and such an important member of my birth team!!
-Rebecca Sullivan
June 02, 2022
Rebecca Skillman
Bearing Precious Seed LLC
Birth Fee: $600 to $1200
