Lindsay was a tremendous help during my natural in-hospital labor experience. I do not know what I would have done without her. I have always wanted to have natural unmedicated birth. After talking to several doulas in the area, I decided to go with Lindsay for her approach to labor and birth. We had two very helpful and informative prenatal meetings with Lindsay; she covered lots of facts on labor and postpartum recovery, assisted me in creation of birth plan, gave lots of tips and most importantly reassured that everything would be fine. Of course, the time when Lindsay shone the most was the labor itself. Her presence was very calming and reassuring. Lindsay helped me through contractions, suggested breathing techniques and comfort measures to ease the pain. She gave space for my husband to participate and help me as well, which was very nice. Lindsay also made sure both me and my husband were hydrated, fed and to certain degree relaxed. When we went to the Washington hospital, I was already in active labor and contractions were coming very close together. Lindsay created comfortable and welcoming atmosphere by playing ocean sounds and by dimming lights in the hospital room. Very soon my water broke and I moved to transition - the most intense part of my labor. My husband was doing hip squeezes, while Lindsay was holding my hands, looking in my eyes, breathing and moaning with me. I would not be able to go through transition without her support. Through the pushing stage Lindsay suggested positions, she also was encouraging me while pushing. Even though I had a whole hospital L&D team in the room, I was listening only to Lindsay. She explained what I needed to do, how to push and breathe correctly. After several contractions and intense pushes my baby boy was born and I could not be happier. Almost everything went according to my birth plan. We met once postpartum to discuss my labor experience and all funny moments we had (yes, there were quite a few!). I would highly recommend Lindsay to everybody who is determined to give birth naturally. Lindsay is the person you want to have on your birth team: she is a very confident, calm, knowledgeable and caring person. I will definitely hire her again, once we are ready for the second baby! read more