Testimonial for Brandie Stoneking, BSN, CD(DONA), CLS, LCCE, CPPM
It was my third birth and I knew what I was probably going to happen. That means I also knew where I needed help, and a doula was the one who needed to provide the help!
Brandie was my first choice as my doula because she wanted me to have the birth I wanted, and she had the tools to help me achieve it! Trained as a nurse and having experienced her own drug-free births, I knew she would help communicate with the nurses effectively AND relate to me in the hardest parts of labor because she had been in my shoes before.
I chose Hypnobabies hypnosis for childbirth, and Brandie was excited to experience it and respected all the guidelines for hypnosis. It was my third time with Hypnobabies, but my first two times I ended up going with an epidural. Though circumstances were harder with my first two ( 28 hour labor and then and induction), I believe that having Brandie there to hold my hands (literally) and encourage me through transistion was exactly the support and push I needed to finally accomplish a drug free birth.
Brandie was there to protect my delivery room; she made the space a birthing space, and not a waiting room. She also interceeded on my behalf when the nurses went to turn up the pitocin; I had my eyes closed in hypnosis and Brandie asked them to stop increasing the pitocin. And she of course helped when I needed it most, holding my hands and coaching me to stay on top of the contraction and breathe.
I loved my birth experience! I am so happy I hired Brandie for my birth, and I believe I appreciate doula's even more after having my own. I wish I'd had her for my first two births!
-Lydia Keegan
April 23, 2013
Brandie Stoneking, BSN, CD(DONA), CLS, LCCE, CPPM
Your Birth, Your Way
Birth Fee: $1800
