Testimonial for Susannah Glass
We moved to this area late in my first pregnancy and started out with midwives in a birthing clinic. Within a couple weeks, I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and gestational hypertension. This made me "high risk" and I was sent to see a large group of OBs in the hospital. I saw a different OB every week. That made me really uncomfortable and I dreaded the thought of giving birth in a hospital room surrounded by total strangers, who probably wouldn't understand my desire for a natural, unmedicated birth. We did a ton of research on how to labor naturally in a hospital setting. The amount of information we'd have to remember became overwhelming. Susannah was recommended to us and we met with her a couple weeks later. She was so supportive, offered a lot of insight into the hospital we'd be using, taught me that I could have some say in what providers I saw, and made my husband feel at ease with this whole birthing thing. I ended up being induced at 36 weeks due to preclampsia. I felt stranded in highly medicalized birth that was polar opposite of what I hoped for, and I was afraid it was all going to end in a c-section. Susannah was literally the one good thing in the whole process. She stood up for me against a pretty terrible nurse, made sure my husband ate, knew what questions to ask, and made me comfortable with the doctors. They finally broke my waters and I went into active labor immediately. The next 2.5 hours until my baby was born were amazing! Susannah offered a ton of verbal and physical support, and was able to show my husband how to help, as well. She made sure I changed positions as much as possible on the bed. After the baby was born, she was the one that made sure we worked on breastfeeding. She came to the house postpartum and spent a while talking through everything and offering breastfeeding help. 100% could not have done this without her.
-Elizabeth Rusaw
September 15, 2022
Birth Fee: Not specified
