doula.tracy

Where do I start? We hired Tracy after my best friend recommended her and I genuinely feel like I don’t know how people go through pregnancy and birth without the support of a doula. Tracy supported us throughout our pregnancy, even using her contacts at the hospital to book me an appointment to get my anti-d injection at 28 weeks when my midwife couldn’t.We had a few twists a turns at the end of our pregnancy (literally) as we discovered at the 36 week scan that our baby was breech and I was polyhydramnios (my water levels were high) which wasn’t ideal as I had my heart set on a home birth. After each scary hospital visit Tracy was there to reassure us and talk us through our options and the statistics and risks of each outcome. It was so comforting to have someone there to translate the medical jargon and talk to us without scaremongering.At 38 weeks, on New Years Day we went in for a successful ECV, Tracy came with us and supported us throughout which we felt was above and beyond her call of duty.My birth didn’t go exactly to plan, I laboured at home for 20 hours but unfortunately had to be transferred in for a C-section as it was discovered that the baby was back to back. Tracy was there from the start of my contractions until after our beautiful son was born, over 24 hours later, even coming to hospital with us and waiting until after the section was done to make sure we were all ok.Despite my birth plan going off track, i genuinely look back at my birth really positively because Tracy helped us to make informed decisions every step of the way without us feeling coerced into anything we did. We both felt extremely supported throughout the experience and genuinely feel like we couldn’t have done it without her. I whole heartedly recommend Tracy and can’t praise her highly enough.