19/11/2021
🌟Client Testimonial🌟
You may not be able to change the past, but you can certainly change the way you feel about it.
After my first, blissful and easy pregnancy ended in a hugely traumatic birth (unwanted induction, emergency c-section, horror movie style haemorrhage, moment we though one or both of us might not make it, then separated from my baby while he was in intensive care and I recovered from surgery - which was the absolute antithesis of the uninterrupted, natural, water birth I'd planned for), I was overjoyed and then immediately terrified when I found out I was pregnant a second time.
I desperately wanted the baby, but didn't know how to face giving birth again.
My pregnancy was quite frankly fraught; I was an emotional mess and couldn't fully enjoy it, and I ended up having all sorts of complications throughout.
Added on to that, or perhaps in part because of it, my relationship with my partner went through a major crisis and he ended up walking out on me and our toddler when I was six months pregnant.
I felt utterly alone and desperately unsupported and afraid. For the first time in my life, I was completely lost...and that's when I found Tulsi.
I was hoping for someone to hold my hand (literally and figuratively!) throughout the birth - but I got so much more than that.
As soon as we connected, she started sharing information and advice, listening to what I needed and beginning to get everything in place.
She came over to get to know me and my little boy, familiarise herself with my situation and work through my hopes and fears surrounding the birth.
Her support has been invaluable: before, during and after having my baby.
From keeping me calm through the mounting risks and complications of my pregnancy, to giving me the space to have a completely relaxed, candle-lit bath to get my labour going naturally, to guiding me smoothly through the birth process, to taking care of both me and my babies in the episode of unexpected chaos afterwards.
My second birth was healing, restorative and hugely empowering. My little girl came into the world naturally and unaided, besides Tulsi's gentle words and touch. Just as I wanted her to.
