Testimonial for Jenel Maruk
Jenel reassured me, checked up on me, offered advice in a non-pressuring way, and ultimately attended our very happy birth. She offered a quiet, confident presence that didn’t replace my husband’s role in holding space for me. Jenel assisted my husband on how he could help me and stepped in when I needed something different.
At moments when I doubted myself and fear set in, she reminded me of my strength and how close I was to achieving the birth we wanted. Jenel and my husband never gave up on me and helped me find the power to keep pushing towards my goal. Without IV’s, drugs, monitors, panic or hovering medical staff, I pushed for about an hour and I had the moment I dreamed of. Placing my child on my chest and discovering we had a daughter was the most special moment of my life - a moment that I didn’t get and deeply grieve from our first experience. I just remember sobbing and repeating “I did it! She’s here!” after her birth. I was and am so proud of myself. Birth tested me in ways I never imagined. My daughter was born that morning at 6:45 but I was also born and transformed. Jenel helped me feel joy and find peace in this process. Looking back at our first birth brought tears of pain and grief but as I look back at the photos and videos of my daughter’s birth, I cry tears of joy knowing she came into the world in such a good way. Our family is complete and I finally experienced the birth of my dreams. I feel strongly that birth should not be medicalized and while there are times when intervention is needed, when we provide the loving space for mothers to birth undisturbed, we will work with our babies in the way we were designed. I am so happy that we hired someone with the same outlook and her belief in me helped give me the confidence to quiet any doubts and have an amazing, healing, powerful, redemptive experience. With Jenel’s support - I did it!
-Shelly
December 29, 2022
Jenel Maruk
StoonRMT - YXE.WISEWOMAN
Birth Fee: $1000 to $1800
