Chicagoland Doulas

Met Anne tonight. She’s quite lovely. Should I require doula services in the future, she’s my girl. Genuine, sincere, and passionate about what she does.

Julie: Anne eased my anxiety, made me feel more comfortable physically and emotionally, and provided a calming voice during the most intense experience of my life. This is all such a natural instinct for her — knowing how to support a family leading up to and during the birth of their baby. I trusted her knowledge and experience instantly and felt more mentally prepared. When I went over a week past my due date and my doctor scheduled me to be induced, Anne helped me work through my feelings about that and understand how she would be there for us during that day. Anne was with my husband and me once labor became more difficult and encouraged me during every moment. Anne offers empathy, support, guidance, and partnership without judgment or bias in any way. She clearly believes her role is to support her client, and her actions do nothing but prove this.
Kevin: I thought it was necessary to have someone with us during delivery at all times to give advice on positions, massage, relaxation, etc. Anne was so familiar with the delivery rooms, which allowed her to get anything Julie needed. Her experience made her actions easy and automatic. She had the knowledge and confidence that I didn’t have, and that translated over to my wife being much more relaxed and confident. From a husband’s point of view I thought it was great having our own coach to get us through our first delivery.
Post Partum: Anne came to our house to provide post-​partum support twice a week for six weeks. We wanted the companionship and help from Anne as we transitioned to life with a newborn. During her time with us, she helped me with any goal I had — from getting outside for walks, getting a load of laundry done, and organizing baby clothes to finding comfortable positions for breastfeeding, using my breast pump, identifying good vs. problem latches, and dealing with my emotions. I so value and appreciate the time Anne spent with my baby and me. She is truly part of our family.

When I first found out I was pregnant, I knew I wanted Veronica to be part of my birth experience. A long time yoga student of Veronica’s, I’ve watched her grow as both a yoga instructor and doula over the last six years. She coached me throughout my entire pregnancy and never left my side during my labor (all 28 + hours of it!). Hands down, she was so wonderful. Her nurturing and supportive soul allotted for me to have the natural birth experience that I wanted. Moreover, she helped me find strength in myself that I had no idea existed. I cannot wait to use her again with future pregnancies. My husband and I think she’s just the best!

Veronica was a great help for my wife before and after my wife went into labor. Our questions were answered with care and professionalism and I recommend her highly.

Veronica was a joy to have as a doula. Even before going to the hospital, Veronica was there to help us with all of our questions and walk us through the birthing process. We are first-​time parents and that help ease our minds to have someone on our team with knowledge and experience.
More importantly, she helped both my husband and myself to remain calm throughout labor. She was extremely patient and nurturing throughout the process. I could not have gone through 19 hours of labor without her. Even though my birth plan didn’t turn out exactly the way I wanted it to, Veronica walked me through the decision-​making process.
My family is forever grateful and indebted to Veronica for her help along this journey. I am glad to now call her a friend.

Anne was our doula for the birth of our first son, Jack, and it’s not any exaggeration to say that she was nothing short of miraculous. We originally decided to hire a doula to help with pain management upon learning that I may not be able to get an epidural for medical reasons. But after seeing all that she had to offer, we would have been wise to hire her regardless.
She was incredibly warm and supportive and non-​judgmental. She recognized patterns in how I was laboring that I didn’t even recognize, and employed techniques and tools to cope with the contractions that were suited to what I was feeling, what was most comfortable, etc. I don’t think I could have gotten through it without her.
She is also incredibly knowledgable and accessible. Before labor started, I texted her many times with various non-​urgent questions and concerns, and she got back to me almost immediately. Then, once labor started (which was in the middle of the night), she also responded immediately with suggestions and was over in 15 minutes once we told her we wanted her.
She is everything you’d want in a doula and more. Perhaps most important is her warmth and genuine sense of empathy. She is so integrated and dedicated throughout the process that she teared up after the baby was born and even during the follow up meeting several days later. She is truly a wonderful person who will give you all her energy – physical and emotional. To find someone like that is rare.