Testimonials
Love from Charlotte
I had to send you a text to let you know that your doula support through my pregnancy gave me the birth of my dreams! My entire pregnancy I was scared for the labour, and especially for tearing. But every time we would see each other I would feel more calm and confident.
After spontaneously starting labour at 39+2 weeks, I had my first contraction at 3.30am with calmness and excitement that my baby girl was ready to join us. I distracted myself with some TV, exercises and a bath. And my husband knew exactly what to do the whole time thanks to all your training (he was the best partner through all of it and we felt closer to each other than ever). Around 10am I felt that the waves were stronger and closer together and I knew it was time to head to the hospital.
On the way to the hospital we put on our favourite playlist, the tens machine on my lower back and I continue breathing through my waves. When we got to hospital I was 6-7cm dilated already. Around 12pm the urge to push started, the midwife kept telling me to not push just yet but I was only going to listen to my body (I didn’t want to know how dilated I was anymore, I just wanted to feel my body completely).
The waves kept getting stronger and stronger, I doubted myself a few times but both you and my husband were there to reassure me, to feed me, massage me, help me breathing, to remind me the strength I had within. At 2.30pm my daughter was born! My husband was able to get her, they immediately put her on my chest to have skin to skin, we had delayed cord clamping, we even had a partial lotus birth.
All of the things I dreamed of! Your support helped us determine what was important to us and build a mindset to make it happen. What can I say, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. You are such a wonderful doula, with a passion that is gentle and true. I will always remember that day and how my journey was shaped by you.
Love from maddie
I knew that I wanted the support of a doula for my birthing experience, someone that would be there to advocate for my wants, needs and desires. I felt it was too much pressure to ask my partner to be the sole supporter of me during birth, I wanted someone there who got birth, who was there completely for me, and also to support and help my partner through this journey.
Hiring Romy was one of the best decisions that we made for the birth of our baby, and couldn’t recommend it more, or speak highly enough of her. She went above and beyond to support us in the lead up to birth, especially being on call in those final weeks was so important in protecting my energy and the birth space. Not to mention how she was there for us during the labour and the birth - something we will always remember.
Birth is such an unknown experience and it of course didn’t play out how we expected and took many twists and turns, from birth to then the postpartum experience, but we still are able to look back at the whole experience so positively and I believe a big part of that was hiring Romy. With her we were able to carefully prepare for birth and postpartum together, ensuring we knew what each of our needs were and how to communicate that. I was able to walk out of birth ready for mothering, feeling cared for and connected to our baby girl.
Love from haydn
When my fiancée, Maddie, suggested we have a doula to support us during birth I had no idea what it meant. But it turned out to be one of the best decisions we made for our daughter’s birth. All I knew was that I wanted to support Maddie during childbirth, but I didn’t know how and that’s where Romy helped most. It was great meeting her beforehand so we could get to know each other.
On the day of the birth, Romy was there from the start. I wasn’t prepared for how many different healthcare professionals we would meet during the labor process (it was a lot) but having Romy as a constant helper to ground Maddie and me was amazing. Her main priority was to support Maddie, but she also made sure that I was in the best space to support her too. She helped us make decisions during the process by advocating for Maddie and her wishes, and even though things didn’t go as planned, she helped us feel comfortable with the decisions we needed to make at a time when all you want is the best for your baby and the mother.
Seeing Romy after the birth was a huge relief for me. She had made the space a great place for our family to have our first night which helped to ground us after the most intense emotional experience of my life. I would 100% recommend Romy as a doula and couldn’t be more thankful for her support during the birth of our first daughter.