Testimonial for Chantell Hill CD from Breanne Piehl

Testimonial for Chantell Hill CD

I cannot say enough wonderful things about Chantell. She was kind, compassionate and completely focused on helping me have a positive experience throughtout my birth. Every woman remembers their birth and labor and you want your birth to be the best experience that you can have and Chantell can help you have that.

She made sure to work with me before hand to review things that would help me during my labor and focused on those interventions. For me we working on positioning, breathing and mantras. During my birth she didn't interfere with my hospital care team, but was my advocate and a constant source of encouragement. She took photos of the birth and also provided follow up care and support after the birth.

I chose to have a doula near my 37th week surrouding some birth anxiety. I have a supportive partner but wanted someone that could focus on helping me mitigate my anxiety and discomfort surrounding birth. I chose to have an in hospital birth and in interviewing with other doulas they were not supportive that I didn't just choose a birth center. Chantell's philosophy is that YOUR own opinions about your care and treatment are what matters.

My birth plan was to go into spontaenous labor (I was inducted due to a medical condition) and not to use pain medications (Inducation was very painful for me and I then chose to use an epidural/other pain management). Chantell helped me change positions every 30 minutes in order to progress my labor safely after the epidural and was focused on the outcome instead of dwelling on a birth plan that didn't come to fruition. We all make our bith plan but what actually happends during our labor can be another outcome. She was right at the head of the bed encouraging me during my short pushing and I had as great of an experience that I could *quickly* delivering my beautiful baby girl.

Overall, if you are looking for a great doula, go with Chantell.

-Breanne Piehl

January 10, 2023