Lindsey's Birth Center Birth

​We first met Carrie as our Hypnobabies instructor for our first son in 2020.  After starting the course and meeting Carrie, we wanted her as our doula for our son’s birth.  However, it being COVID, we were not allowed to have a doula at our hospital birth.  Nonetheless, Carrie was helpful providing support over the phone during this birth.  When I got pregnant with our second son in late 2022, we knew we wanted Carrie this time around.  Carrie worked with me in my second trimester through her Conscious Recovery Program to overcome the trauma I had from the birth of my first son.  This allowed me to go into birth preparation for my second son feeling mentally healthy and not held back by my prior birth experience.  I did not realize I had so much to heal from until these sessions.  Moving into the birth of my second son, Carrie provided support in my Hypnobabies home course and then doula services.  She was very responsive to all my questions, needs, etc in the time leading up to my birthing time.  During my hospital birth, Carrie kept me focused and in hypnosis, even while being poked and prodded by the nurses for various monitoring.  We 100% credit Carrie for my fast birthing time!  I arrived at the hospital at 1:30 AM and my baby was born at 5:47AM.  Carrie helped me focus through each pressure wave.  My water had not broke and the baby’s head was high.  Carrie suggested a new position that I would have never come up with on my own and, sure enough, my water broke.  Shortly after I was pushing and again Carrie kept me focused throughout this phase.  She stayed with us after the birth of the baby and the placenta to make sure we were settled and that I got some much needed food.  We are eternally grateful to Carrie for the amazing birth experience we had with our second son, as we know this experience would have been much different without her.  She approached our birth preparation and birthing time with compassion, professionalism, and attentiveness. I would highly recommend Carrie to anyone looking for doula services, especially if planning a hypnobirth!  Additionally, Carrie has helped me in my postpartum period with Conscious Coaching sessions.  I always feel comfortable sharing with Carrie and our sessions are helping me in my postpartum/motherhood journey.