Kelly the great!
As a first time mom I didn’t know what to expect when I came home from the hospital, and I wanted to be prepared for anything that might come my way. As I entered into motherhood Kelly gave me the greatest gift – a feeling of security and calm.
She personalized her approach to my postpartum and was an asset to my family. My husband and I don’t have family in Brooklyn, and so we knew we needed some help. Kelly is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to healing and recovery, caring for newborns, lactation, and nutrition.
In my view Kelly really shines as an experienced mom and an amazing cook! I highly recommend Kelly as a postpartum doula because it is a special time and you want to be as supported as possible so you can be everything for your baby.
From the moment I met her, I felt a great connection to her. She truly understands all that a new mom will need postpartum.....Ranging from advice to nursing, cooking nutritious delicious meals, light housekeeping, entertaining siblings and sibling integration, and providing an outlet to speak about all of your emotions and feelings that are happening right after the baby is born. Any question I had, she was either ready with an answer or helped me to research answers. I don’t have family that lives nearby, so it was nice to know I had Kelly available to help when we needed it. I highly recommend her if you are thinking about hiring a postpartum Doula.
Kelly was my postpartum doula for nighttime support for the first 11 weeks of my daughter's life. When I met Kelly for an interview (before COVID), I was sure I wanted to work with her because of her warmth and flexibility. I also really liked that she was a mother herself, so she knew what birth and the fourth trimester were like. When the pandemic hit, my birth plans changed weekly, and I was worried that I wouldn't get the support that I needed after the birth because we were quarantined. Kelly assured me that she still wanted to do in-person support if at all possible, and we had an earnest conversation about what we both needed in order for that to happen. We would continue our isolation, and she would only come to my home, not working with other clients. We became a pod. I gave birth at the end of April, the peak of the pandemic in NYC, and that speaks to how much I trusted her as she came several nights a week to feed and soothe my baby while I slept. When she arrived, she brought delicious homemade snacks, offered hugs, a kind ear, and a shoulder to cry on. When I struggled with breastfeeding, she gave good advice and referred me to a wonderful lactation consultant. When I ultimately decided to stop breastfeeding, she offered gentle guidance on how to do that without judgement. When our initial time together was coming to a close, I asked if we could keep working together and luckily she was open to that, so we ended up working together for three months. I felt that she was really on my team, there to support my decisions with a can-do attitude. I always appreciated how sweet she was with my baby, even when she had some rough nights. I would not have been able to heal as quickly, or dealt with giving birth in the middle of a pandemic, had it not been for her trustworthy night time support and the rest it allowed me. Having had nighttime postpartum support was one of the best things I've ever done for myself.