Testimonial for Brittany Revo from Kevin Leong-Pelrine

Testimonial for Brittany Revo

I am writing this from the perspective of the non-birthing person, 1) because my partner asked me to do it, and 2) there aren't many testimonials from my perspective. In the first weeks after we gave birth, I often told people that hiring a doula was the best money we spent in the whole pregancy. Four months later, I am still saying that it was the best decision we made. As first time parents with a lot of anxiety and even more questions, Britanny was there for us every step of the way with answers and reassurance. Our birth experience ended up being quite different than any of us imagined, with my partner being suddenly rushed to the operating room following the birth, and our new baby needing to go to the NICU. It was very stressful and intense with lots of questions and information being thrown at me. Brittany was the calm voice of reason through it all, helping me make decisions and hold it all together, and even helping me order food while I was holding our hours-old baby. I have no idea what I would have done without her. I appreciated the fact that she never told me (or us) exactly what to do, or even offer her opinion, but rather, she always asked "Is this what you want to do?" She empowered us to have our own voice in the birthing process, and gave us all the information we needed to make the best choices for us. She reminded us that everything is optional. I can hear her saying: "It's your birth. It's your baby. It's your body." (I'm paraphrasing). That was really important.
Adding to all that, Brittany's pre-birth classes were excellent and provided us with invaluable resources (some of which I literally had open on my phone in the delivery room). We also had a very cute post-partum visit that completed the whole experience. Brittany was there with us from the beginning to the end (which is really just the beginning!). 10/10 would recommend her doula services to anyone.

-Kevin Leong-Pelrine

July 08, 2022