Testimonial for Susan Rotman, AAHCC, CD(DONA)
During my seventh month I started thinking about labor. I wanted a natural birth, and I was a bit worried that at a hospital I would be pushed into things I didn't want. I really wanted to avoid a C-section, so I asked some people and they told me to look into childbirth classes. I started looking at the hospital childbirth classes but they were full. I searched online and found Bradley classes and that's how I came across Susan. Her class was full too, but she made an extra effort to add my husband and me to her class. We started going to her classes and I really liked them as they were very informative and helped us prepare for the birth. Susan provided information from nutrition to exercise to how to handle the birth itself. As I got to know her, I felt comfortable with the idea of having her as my doula. Having her as my doula made me feel very confident and eliminated all the fear I had before joining her classes. My labor was really long, 39 hours total. My contractions were not very strong in the beginning, but I had to be at the hospital because I was group B strep positive. I was getting antibiotics every four hours. But in between Susan helped me do a lot of walking in the hallway and stairs to get my contractions going. I also had a four hour pushing stage, and Susan was a great help there too. Not only that, she helped my husband by giving him breaks so he could go eat. In the end I don't think we could have done without Susan. She was a great source of support and provided us help at every step.
-Aditi Randev
March 21, 2013
Susan Rotman, AAHCC, CD(DONA)
Rotman Education Services, LLC
Birth Fee: $2500
