Testimonial for Akemi Tsuru CD(DONA)
Hiring Akemi was the single best choice we made in preparation for the birth of our second child this past May. Following a traumatic first birth experience, I knew it would be extra important to feel supported and confident going into my second. Akemi's kindness, availability, and calm competence helped me feel ready and even excited for my daughter's delivery as my due date approached (and sailed on past!). I credit Akemi with finally getting things moving with some positioning techniques she knew, which not only eased the discomfort of early labor that I'd been feeling for several weeks but seemed to start the show in earnest just a few hours later! Akemi was ready with many comfort and support measures and tools for labor, but we turned out not to need them - my daughter was born in the car en route to the hospital just two hours after I felt my first real contraction, and I will FOREVER be grateful that Akemi was right there beside me in the backseat to catch my healthy baby girl and plop her straight into my arms! She didn't sign up to literally deliver our child, but in that and other ways went far above and beyond to make what could have been a scary birth experience incredibly empowering, special, intimate, and healing. THANK YOU Akemi, we're so grateful you came into our little family's lives and know you'll help so many other birthing parents and their babies get off to a wonderful start!!!
-Bethan McGarry
August 23, 2022
Akemi Tsuru CD(DONA)
Vida Mia • Doula Services
Birth Fee: $1400 to $1800
