Testimonial for Maria Elena Baez-Dominguez
Part 3 of 3
After I gave birth to our beautiful, healthy baby boy, Maria Elena stayed with me and my husband and helped us establish that ever important “first latch” during the golden hour. As she was helping massage my breast to get colostrum flowing, my husband stepped out of the room to call his father to let him know he was now a grandfather. All of the doctors and nurses had left the room leaving us to enjoy our “golden hour”. It was in this moment that I felt myself starting to fade. My hearing got fuzzy, my vision got blurry, and I felt like I couldn’t breathe and was being pulled away. I passed out. The next thing I remember is my guardian angel calling out to me, pulling me back: “mommy, mommy come back to us!” She had our sweet boy in her hands and kept him safe so I didn’t drop him. From there, due to loss of blood and drugs in my system (I forgot to mention I was induced with Pitocin) I was really ill and vomiting. Maria Elena helped me through it and I don’t know where I would’ve been without her.
In the days and weeks following our son‘s birth, Maria was there to answer questions, offer advice, and listen to me and hear me even when I wasn’t saying anything. The days and weeks following our son‘s birth were some of the hardest of my life and Maria Elena always knew exactly what to say and do to help me through it. Her postpartum visits where she worked with me and my husband to give us advice, help us with the baby, bring order to our home, stretch and meditate with me were invaluable.
Maria Elena is one of those people that I’ve only known for a short time but I feel like I’ve known forever, I admire her and respect her and trust her implicitly and when we decide to have another child, I would be honored to have her along with us on the journey again.
-Naomi Avadanei
August 24, 2022
Maria Elena Baez-Dominguez
mariaelenadoula.com
Birth Fee: $2100 to $2500
Postpartum Rate: $55 to $65
