Love Letters

Hiring Renée was one of the best decisions we made during our pregnancy! This was our second baby and our chance to take a more natural path after many interventions with the birth of our daughter. Renée gave us the tools and evidence based information to help us stay the course and prepare for our son’s birth.

Being pregnant during a pandemic was never what we had imagined, but Renée was the steady hand helping us navigate through the process. When I had doubts about the medical team I had chosen well into my third trimester, Renée helped empower me to trust my gut and switch to a new care provider. The new birth team was exactly what I had always envisioned and was completely supportive of the natural approach that we wanted to take.

Leading up to his birth, Renée taught us breathing techniques and coping mechanisms to help work through contractions, which were incredibly useful. When I went into labor and things didn’t exactly go according to plan, Renée was the calm presence that supported us both during a highly stressful situation. She was exactly what we needed to remind us of our intentions and keep us focused as we welcomed our son. With her help we were able to have the natural delivery that we had wanted. She also helped us establish breastfeeding shortly after he was born, and was available to answer questions and offer tips in the coming days. She was always just a phone call or text away, and always eager and willing to help.

When we look back on our son’s birth, there was not much we could control, but the one thing we could do was assemble a team that shared the same vision as we did. Renée was an invaluable part of that birth team and we will always be grateful for support!

My husband and I just had our first baby. From our very first meeting with Renée we felt so comfortable and would recommend her to anyone looking to include a doula in their birth plan. She is extremely friendly, knowledgeable and professional. I was experiencing anxiety and uncertainty regarding the birthing process and Renée was essential in helping me relieve my anxiety and providing me with the knowledge I needed to feel confident and prepared. She provided us with guidance, information and support to help us achieve a labor and birth experience that was free from fear. I was determined to have an all natural birth and Renée was so supportive and provided us with relaxation techniques to help relieve my pain. She also provided support and guidance to my husband by teaching him ways to support me and to be a grounding force during my labor. I was so impressed with how calm and proactive he was during my labor due to the strategies Renée taught him. She helped us advocate for ourselves when it came to making important decisions. Renée also set us up for breastfeeding success by guiding me through my first breastfeeding session after birth and visiting our home a few days later to address any concerns we had. We are so thankful for all of the support and knowledge Renée provided us and would recommend her without reservation!
Ali and Tom

Sal and I feel incredibly lucky to have shared our birth experience with Renee.

Our birth plan changed quickly when realizing we were not able to have the natural birth experience because our daughter was breech. Renee rose above and beyond to the occasion and still gave us amazing support.

I knew I wanted to breastfeed and if it wasn’t for Renee’s support I wouldn’t have proceeded. Renee made our birthing experience positive and wonderful.

The knowledge and information Renee gives is invaluable. She guided not only me but my husband on what he could do to help me throughout my pregnancy and after. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without her.

She went out of her way to do special things for us. I can go on and on. Renee you are amazing! Moms need you! Keep doing what you do. We will always recommend you to everyone we know.

I met Renee when I was pregnant with my son.
Being he was my first child I didn’t have much knowledge about pregnancy or babies.
Renee is incredible.
She made positive suggestions for natural based vitamins and proteins that I used throughout entire pregnancy, and i’m still using while nursing my son.
My doctor was concerned because I have Fibroids & told me there was a chance I would not go full term. Renee recommend acupuncture for me as well as some essential oils. My son was was born at a little over 40 weeks and very healthy. I feel like the natural vitamins really helped my pregnancy.
Renee does not push her beliefs on you. She supplies you with the information you need to make an informed decision. I would have loved to hire Renee as our Doula but schedules did not permit. I would definitely recommend her to any expecting mother. Renee is kind, compassionate and made me feel comfortable around her from the first meeting.
After the birth of my son I was extremely stressed having no experience or family support.
Renee took the time to speak to me & support me emotionally. I was having such a difficult time breastfeeding and she gave me advice as well as emailed me so much information.
She truly helped me at a time in my life where I felt so lost. (Lack of sleep can really effect you)
Renee loves what she does and truly supports women & their families throughout their birth experiences.
If we are blessed enough to have a second child, I would want Renee to be part of our birth story.

Hiring Renee as our doula was quite possibly the best decision my wife and I made. Renee is knowledgeable, passionate, and most importantly, personally invested in us, our labor and birth plan, and helping our birth experience to be exactly as WE wanted it.
Renee helped us build our own birth plan, which was a major task considering we had no idea what a birth plan was, what options we had, and ways we could be in control during labor and birth. Our plan changed quite a bit during the pregnancy, starting with a “doctor/medicated” and realized we preferred a “midwife/natural” approach. This included a switch from a doctor to a midwife at 7.5 months! Renee’s guidance helped us figure out what approach to a birth plan was best for us, and also to be confident in making the decisions, choices, and changes to make that plan happen!
The day of our daughter’s birth was a crazy one…three weeks before her due date! While we ultimately saw most of our birth plan come true (natural and unmedicated, laboring mostly at home, calm and relaxed labor environment), the circumstances around how the birth ultimately played out were something we could have NEVER imagined. Because of Renee’s guidance, we were both prepared, confident, and empowered to handle ANY and EVERYTHING that happened on that day…we could not have done it without her!
Right after the birth, Renee was immediately helpful in helping my daughter get the all important first latch. Because our daughter was born early, she had weight and blood sugar issues in the hospital, which made the first days of breastfeeding very difficult. She (literally) assisted us in hand expressing colostrum and taught us how to spoon feed it to our daughter so she could still have it even though she was having difficulty feeding because of her medical issues. Without Renee’s help, we would have not been successful with breastfeeding!
Since the birth, Renee has continued to be of help to our family. She was always availble when we needed to ask questions regarding breast feeding, sleep training, post-pardum issues, and other general first-time-parent questions.
Our journey to a successful pregnancy was a long and winding road, fighting against a very rare genetic condition…the harsh reality was that with this condition, getting pregnant is so difficult, this could have very well been the only chance we got. With this in mind, the selection of a doula was so incredibly important to us. Within seconds of meeting Renee, we knew we had found the perfect person to help guide us through this journey. We immediately connected with her, and she immediately connected with us and our story. We didn’t just find a doula that day, we found a friend, and frankly, a member of our family for life. We are forever greatful for everything she has done for our family!