I loved being able to meet someone so close to home, to be able to provide this service to me. Christina was awesome, she took the time to meet me on a couple of different occasions and it became very clear that she was truly invested in my experience. She kept in constant touch with me, once I notified her I was going into the hospital to deliver. She came by quickly to collect the placenta and delivered the capsules the minute I got home, with a lovely bunch of flowers, which was such a nice treat. She was tremendously responsive to my million texts asking her questions, as I had a serious case of baby brain…I highly recommend anyone that is considering this to go with her.

We were so happy with the care we received and would highly recommend Christina to others. She’s knowledgeable, experienced, and so friendly. We felt really good with her and felt like we were well taken care of. I am so happy I encapsulated my placenta. It really felt like I maximized my pregnancy, labor, birth, and postnatal experience.

I was thrilled with my experience with Christina. She provided me with a comprehensive and thorough consultation beforehand. I felt comfortable with her breadth of knowledge and expertise, both about the placenta encapsulation and about hospital procedures. She made arrangements to pick up my placenta so I did not have to worry about any logistics after my son’s birth. She delivered the capsules to my front door quickly, making the process incredibly convenient, and made herself available to me for any questions. After I gave birth, I had a quick recovery, both emotionally and physically. I would eagerly recommend Christina to any expecting parents!

I had Christina encapsulate my placenta for my 3rd pregnancy following my 3rd c-section. Before meeting Christina, my knowledge on the process was limited, but walking into my third c-section & knowing that when the baby & I returned home after surgery and there were already two healthy active boys waiting for their Mama, I was definitely looking for anything to make the transition as physically & emotionally easy as possible. A few days following our baby’s birth, Christina started me on my placenta capsules along with a few herbs that were meant to help my internal healing after carrying a child & the physical trauma of surgery. Both my husband & I noticed that with taking the capsules, my energy was higher, I was more balanced emotionally, & the cleaning out of my uterus after pregnancy (bleeding) was more intense & complete.

My wife’s recovery seemed almost cut in half & she did not experience extreme emotional ups & downs as she did before.

As my doula, Christina was a tremendous source of support to me during my pregnancy and childbirth. When I discovered I was pregnant for the first time, I was overwhelmed as well as overjoyed. The pregnancy coincided with starting a new job and buying our first house. While my pregnancy was a very easy one, I had a lot of other demands on me from work, moving, and massive renovations on our new home. From our first meeting, Christina was careful to explore all of my preferences regarding how she could support me and my husband during childbirth. She is a natural educator, and she made sure that both of us had all of the information we needed to be prepared and relaxed. She also reinforced the importance of diet, exercise, and rest, and helped keep me on track with taking good care of myself. She accompanied me to office visits with my midwives’ group, getting familiar with the providers who would be caring for me during childbirth. In the last month of my pregnancy, the measures she took to support me were downright heroic.

My intention was to have a natural, unmedicated childbirth, with as little intervention as possible, and that is how we prepared. However, childbirth doesn’t always go according to plan. Nine days after my due date, an ultrasound revealed that my baby had rotated to a frank breech position. At that late date, external version posed unacceptable risk, and gentler methods of repositioning the baby were unlikely to work. We scheduled the C section for the next morning.

I was devastated, and very worried that the C section would result in a spiral of bad outcomes for me and the baby. Christina took this abrupt and profound change of plans in stride, and continued to provide excellent support to me and my husband. She was a calming presence as I was getting prepped for the procedure, stayed with me and my husband in the OR, and obtained my placenta for encapsulation. By the afternoon, I was comfortable, breastfeeding my baby, and thoroughly at peace with the outcome of my baby’s birth. I can’t imagine how my husband and I would have managed without Christina’s loving and steadfast support!

I was very pleased with Christina’s coaching during the birth of my second daughter. Her words were calming and techniques were helpful in getting through my unmedicated labor. Christina is knowledgeable and confident and I would highly recommend her to assist in anyone’s labor.