Testimonial for Kaylen Ardiles Cervera
Forever grateful to Kay! We wanted to work with a postpartum doula that had serious credentials from developmental psychology to a lactation certification and had worked with multicultural, and mixed-race families. Kay is warm, generous, transparent, funny, calm, and insanely knowledgeable - all the qualities I felt my growing family needed to have around us as first-time parents on this crazy beautiful journey.
I knew I was going to be induced and ended up having a C-section and having Kay made my recovery really smooth. She met us the day after we got home from the hospital and really helped with Mom’s recovery in ways the OBs these days just do not - from how to care for my incision, bring down the swelling in my body, hold the baby without causing pain, sitting to standing, and nourishing myself - I could go on! I also knew I was going to have a hard time producing milk and Kay helped me through that journey, teaching me different latching techniques, how to bump, etc, she helped through the tears and the hormones, and the pain when another day of no milk production - she was there without judgment when I finally made the decision to go all in on formula - Kay was all support, no judgment.
She taught us a million things - the best bottle-feeding techniques, how to defrost and warm up donor breast milk, how to swaddle, and double swaddle, how to baby wrap in the solly, she fit each of our baby carriers, she taught us soothing techniques, and distraction techniques, helped to craft a daily routine of wake windows, feeding windows, nap times that worked with our family’s flow. Kay even helped us to weigh the pros and cons of different types of childcare. She truly set us up to be confident parents in how we cared for our son and took a ton of anxiety out of the equation. We even hired Kay back to help us sleep train! You’d be lucky to have Kay on your team supporting your family.
-Sam Safer Valentine
July 24, 2023
Kaylen Ardiles Cervera
Roots of Love Project
Birth Fee: $3000 to $3250
Postpartum Rate: $65
