Testimonial for Jenn Fantasia, CLC
Where to begin? From the first time I met with Jenn I knew I wanted to have her as apart of my birth experience. She provided so much helpful information and resources and really listened and talked through my birth plan with me. As a first time mom and a generally anxious person, I was naturally very nervous about birth and wanting everything to go to plan, but soon realized that things don't always work out that way, I was a complete anxious mess when finding out I had to be induced for hypertension at 37 weeks, so we called Jenn, she talked on the phone with me, my husband, and my midwife and reassured me that just because my birth was going to look different than I imagined didn't mean the whole plan had to go out the window. I had a lengthy induction and a constant line of communication open with Jenn so as soon as things started to get intense my husband called her and she was there before I knew it. Once my water broke things progressed quickly and my contractions came one after another with no breaks, she talked me through them and never pressured me to change my plan of going unmedicated but was also 100% supportive when I decided to get the epidural after I had become to weak and exhausted after days of no sleep and laboring. A few hours later it was time to push and I pushed for 3 hours, I seriously thought how can I keep going?! Then just when I thought I might pass out from exhaustion Jenn looks over at me and says "hey, look" and draws my attention to the nurse behind her calling in the baby nurse, she had told me days earlier what that meant, so I was ELATED. I knew it meant I was going to meet my baby in a matter of minutes. My sweet boy was born and I was on cloud 9. Jenn stayed for about an hour and then met with us shortly after we got home to see how we were adjusting, and always answered my texts with any questions I had. She was truly so supportive and such an important part of making my birth experience a positive one!
-Katie Bartholomy
November 19, 2023
Jenn Fantasia, CLC
Calming Tides Doula, LLC
Birth Fee: $1800 to $2300
