Testimonials
My husband and I could never thank LaNette enough for the services and support she provided. My son is 3 months old now and I am still so proud to say I did it naturally. It was the hardest and best thing I have ever done. My experience with LaNette set the tone for me to mother my child the way I choose and instinctually know is best. It was so empowering. My experience helped me know I could continue to breastfeed when I faced the challenges that nursing an early baby brought on, and criticism from those who thought I was crazy to keep trying. But I knew, because of the experience LaNette and Carla helped my husband and I achieve that anything was possible if we believed in it and really committed to it. Thank you for sharing that lesson with us prior to, during, and after our birth experience. I never would have been able to accomplish a natural birth without you & Carla by my side. As they say, knowledge is power and I could not believe how even my once skeptical husband was repeating all the valuable things we learned from LaNette’s class during my labor and delivery. At the post partum visit my husband even said we would have paid a lot more than LaNette charged, we were so grateful for her expertise and encouragement.
-Kathy
"Being high risk and having had a traumatic previous birth experience I was anxious about getting exactly what I wanted from this birth. With LaNette's seasoned guidance, our birth experience was beyond satisfying and more than I even hoped for. I, too, can now say that I love giving birth."
- Stephanie
"Kelly and I wanted to thank you again for all the work you did for us as a doula. Your experience and wisdom about laboring allowed Kelly to have a natural birth after 2 C-Sections. We were particularly grateful that you helped us achieve OUR birth plan rather that your own. You provided insight and guidance every step of the way. You were able to gently motivate Kelly and I to do what we needed to do to accomplish the goals we had set.
Your calm and peaceful demeanor during the more exciting parts of labor helped me to not become overly frentic. You did an excellent job and we highly recommend your services."
- Duff and Kelly
"I was so disappointed when I had to be induced after getting pregnancy-induced hypertension near the end of my pregnancy, but LaNette helped me to gradually wean off the pitocin so that I ended up with the natural, gentle labor and delivery I had hoped for. Without LaNette’s support and encouragement, I wouldn’t have known how to take back control of my baby’s birth.
LaNette was the world’s best safety net before, during, and after my labor. The birthing class enabled me and my husband to feel more prepared and confident in our ability to manage a drug-free birth. Then when complications arose during my pregnancy, LaNette helped me to consider my options and gave me the space to make decisions for my ideal birth. For first-time parents like us, a doula can be huge advantage in the unfamiliar birthing process.
LaNette kept our hopes up and kept us feeling like I was always making good progress towards birth, even when I might have otherwise felt frustrated. Her suggestions for different laboring positions helped me stay on track for a relatively short first labor."
-- Melanie and Ned
Testimonials are supposed to be short. That is hard for my husband and me to accomplish. LaNette certainly changed our lives forever. I was medically considered way overdue. Our doctor finally insisted we needed to induce immediately. LaNette intervened with the face of reason, reassured us, and single handedly produced our baby the very next day, using natural induction. Our story otherwise would have seemed outrageous, had we not experienced it ourselves. LaNette, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We can never, ever repay what you have done for us. Our birth experience was far more than we had hoped for despite the odds, thanks to you.
If there is anything that I am sure of, it is that LaNette knows what she is doing. She clearly executes her calling, and her insight far beyond what one would even begin to expect. She produced for us the miracle of childbirth that the well-meaning doctors would have otherwise taken away.
--Ana and Nick