Frazier, Kennedy

有些人仿佛天生就注定要做他们所做的事。Kennedy就是其中之一。 我真的很难用语言表达她在我的分娩经历中所起到的关键作用，因为仅仅称她为一位出色的导乐，似乎都不足以形容。 Kennedy拥有一种罕见的结合：临床知识、非凡的直觉、坚定不移的自信，以及近乎神奇的存在感。她有一种卓越的能力，能够掌控整个房间却从不喧宾夺主，能够引导却从不强加于人；她让你感到无比安全，同时也提醒你自身拥有的力量。 在整个分娩过程中，她既是倡导者、教育者、教练，也是守护天使。她对体位、活动、呼吸技巧和分娩生理的理解，在每一次干预中都显而易见（同样也体现在她知道何时不该干预）。她在需求尚未被说出口前便已预见，带着优雅和坚定应对医院环境中的各种情况，并在极其临床化的环境中营造出一种近乎神圣的氛围。 我在自己的分娩故事中亲切地称她为现代版的、具有疗愈力量的导乐 Mary Poppins。她带着她的百宝袋到来，改变了房间里的氛围，随后施展了我只能称之为魔法的一切。 我没有使用硬膜外麻醉，经阴道生下了我的女儿，最终医生并未在场。Kennedy一直在那里，带领我度过了生命中最非凡的经历。我完全信任她。 Kennedy之所以如此特别，并不只是因为她知道什么或她做了什么，而是因为她是谁，以及她为女性生命中最脆弱、最有力量、最具转变意义的时刻带来的能量。 我无法想象没有她的分娩会是什么样子。我再怎么推荐她都不为过。

在与 Kennedy 仅仅接触过几次后，我就知道我想让她成为我的导乐。她身上有一种能量，让我觉得与自己非常契合——平静、踏实、积极、有耐心、极其专注，而且真心关怀他人。她拥有一种美丽、神圣的女性能量，立刻让我感到安全；我知道，这正是我希望在分娩时陪伴在身边的那种存在。 在我的分娩过程中，她完全符合我的期待，甚至超出我的期待。Kennedy 从未让我感到被催促、担忧，或觉得有什么不对劲。我知道我可以信任她，也知道她会支持我。无论产程持续多久，她始终非常稳定且耐心。同时，她也非常投入且富有直觉——总会带来新的想法、体位、触碰方式和鼓励，帮助我度过产程并让进展继续，但这一切都感觉自然，而不是被强迫。 她的触碰、她的能量、她的耐心，以及仅仅是她的陪伴，都是我分娩经历中非常重要的一部分。她知道何时该介入，何时该提供新的建议，何时只需陪伴在我身边。我感到被细心照顾和支持，却从未感到不知所措或有压力。 你能真切感受到 Kennedy 有多热爱这份工作。她拥有一种天赋，能够在女性经历人生中最脆弱也最强大的时刻之一时，为她们守护空间。我毫不怀疑，她就是注定要做这份工作的。如果你正在寻找一位能为你的分娩空间带来深度平静、充满爱、踏实而富有女性能量的人，我真心无法更强烈地推荐 Kennedy 了。我会永远感激她成为我分娩经历的一部分。 ??

与Kennedy合作是我分娩经历中最有意义的部分之一。从一开始我在分娩中心见到她时，她就带来一种平静、踏实的存在感。而且我当时就已经觉得和她相处很舒服了。在我和丈夫决定继续寻找导乐服务，并且知道她也提供这类服务后，我立刻就问了她！我对自己的分娩体验有一个期待中的样子，而她完全契合了这一点??。在怀孕期间，她花时间认真倾听我的担忧，回答我的问题，并帮助我在没有压力或评判的情况下思考我的分娩偏好。我一直觉得她尊重我的选择，同时也会基于她的经验提供周到的建议。当宫缩开始时，她的支持变得更加重要，尤其是因为我是第一次当妈妈。在医院里，她营造了一个令人安心的环境，帮助我保持专注，并尽可能让我感到舒适。她带来了一些小灯，摆满了我的房间，真的非常美。她的陪伴让我的丈夫和我都感到更有信心，也没那么不知所措。我们问了她一些我们不懂的问题，而她也给了我们指导。最后，还有最酷的一部分——她还提供一项服务，可以在产后处理胎盘，把它做成胶囊，并把脐带风干做成一个漂亮的心形！我太喜欢了??。她真的就是“全套服务”。回头看，我真的相信因为有她，我的分娩体验变得更加积极。我在每一步都感到被看见、被倾听、被支持。她真的随时可以通过电话/短信联系到，确实总是让自己保持可联系状态。我绝对会向任何正在寻找在怀孕和分娩期间富有同情心、知识丰富且稳重支持的人推荐她。下次怀孕时我肯定还会再次寻求她的服务????。??

Kennedy made our birth experience so special! She was extremely attentive and patient during my long labor. We felt so comfortable with her from the very beginning and knew we'd be in good hands. She offered support not only physically, but went above and beyond to make sure my husband and I had the birth experience we planned for our first baby! Forever grateful to this amazing woman! Highly recommend!

I can't rave enough about this authentic, genuine, and hard working woman! Kennedy's calming and empowering energy made my birthing experience serene and peaceful, despite being transfered to the hospital and enduring unplanned situations. She was there for me and held my hand when I was struggling in the wee hours of the night and she used many doula techniques to help me endure contractions and strong emotions. She believed in me and made me feel powerful and strong which was exactly what I needed for my birthing journey. I highly recommend Kennedy to any birthing Mom as an effective, qualified, and experienced Doula! She will even bring you donuts ?? to your postpartum meeting!

I’m so beyond thankful for Kennedy. I didn’t have a doula, and she stepped in as my unofficial doula. She was by my side the whole time, patiently helping me get into good positions and put pressure on my hips during contractions. Her calm presence and encouraging words helped me so much. When I have another baby, I hope to have her there again. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a fantastic, helpful doula.

I'm so glad we found Kennedy! She worked at our midwife office and we didn't know if we wanted a doula or not. When we finally decided we wanted a doula we already loved Kennedy and their was no doubt we wanted her as our doula! She is so sweet and supportive. She clearly loves what she does and being apart of the birth experience. Come labor time she was so supportive and I don't know if I could have done it without her! She is a blessing to have as part of my birthing experience and I can't wait for her to be apart of the next ones.

Kennedy always had such a calming presence every time I would meet with her at the birthing center for my appointments. I knew that I wanted her as my doula and she made me feel very excited about my second birth. I had some nerves going into it because of my very long natural labor with my first son, but she helped me manifest a positive second birth experience. Well, it was definitely a positive experience and MUCH quicker labor this time. I was SO grateful she was there for the birth because it happened so QUICK- before a midwife could even arrive- and because of her knowledge and experience, she was able to help me assess my baby and immediately identified that the cord was around his neck. She quickly and calmly helped my husband get it loosened and unwrapped from his neck. It was a beautiful experience delivering my son at home and I was glad she could be there to experience it with me! I would highly recommend Kennedy to anyone seeking a doula. She is calm, knowledgeable, positive, and helped to make it a wonderful natural labor and birth experience!

I can fully say that without Kennedy our dream birth would not have been possible . Kennedy was not only supportive during our birth, but, she was extremely supportive leading up to the birth. Kennedy provided exercises that ensured our baby was in the right position to make a natural delivery possible . She also checked in with me and made sure that I was doing okay not just physically, but mentally as well. Kennedy even took the time to come to our home to chat and help get things prepared for the birth.  When you are in the powerful moment of birth, let me tell you, Kennedy is the one you will want at your side ! She was definitely my calm during the beautiful storm that birth can be ! We will definitely be using her again as our doula and I will be recommending her to anyone and everyone who will listen !

Kennedy has been a major part of our pregnancy and birth journey from our first appointment at the midwifery. The fears we had after transferring care for a better fit were quickly alleviated by her kind, gentle and encouraging energy. Our prenatal visits became our family's favorite appointment in large part to Kennedy's care. Kennedy's role in our lives evolved from the most constant member of our birth team to a part of our family, helping me nest, organize our birth suite and assemble the birthing pool. She went above and beyond the call of duty, hanging string lights, checking in on me frequently and offering to help around the house when I became too pregnant to complete these tasks myself. When we had to navigate major pivots to our birth vision because of unexpected complications, she not only drove us in her car to the midwifery in the middle of the night but stayed in constant communication and contact with us. By proactively hanging string lights and affirmations in our hospital room and helping my husband pack my bags after an unexpected transfer, Kennedy brought the serene birth suite we had envisioned back into play despite a tense labor. Her presence and encouragement provided me with the confidence to focus on my breath work and affirmations despite the chaos of the hospital. She intuitively slipped my birth comb in my hand when I felt out of control in the pushing stage and patiently encouraged me that yes, baby is almost here no matter how many times I questioned her. We are honored that Kennedy is one of the first people to hold our son and one who has shown him so much love and kindness that he snuggled right up to her when she visited us upon our discharge home. I could never thank or recommend Kennedy enough for who she has been to our family in care, kindness and presence that went far beyond our wildest hopes and dreams in a doula. We love you!

I had the pleasure of meeting Kennedy at my birthing center and got to know her each month during my appointments. We clicked right away and her calmness and sweet nature always put me at ease. In the back of my head I knew I wanted Kennedy to be my doula and it was confirmed when my husband met her. Kennedy is absolutely knowledgeable and continuously reached out to see how I was during. During my labor, Kennedy was able to be our advocate, to keep us on the right path to give us the birth we wanted. When I was almost ready to give up, she reassured me everything would be ok. She was patient with me when the pain was too much and continuously encouraged me through all the exercises to further dilate me and position the baby. Without a doubt, I had the birth I wanted because of Kennedy; I cannot thank her enough!

There are not enough words or ways to express my gratitude for Kennedy and all of her knowledge, help and support throughout my pregnancy and especially during my labor(!) I endured over 24 hours of contractions, WITH my water broken I must add, and Kennedy was there to support through the toughest of times. I was in constant contact with her via text messages and phone calls as soon as I notified her my water had broken, and when my contractions intensified later in the evening, she was there- fearlessly and gracefully and compassionately helping my husband and I navigate this new and exciting and terrifying journey that we were now on. Kennedy was and is a Godsend- she is such a sweet and caring soul and if I have another baby I would definitely love for her to be involved again. I seriously don’t know what we would have done without her! So so grateful!

I connected with Kennedy through South Coast Midwifery. Kennedy is very knowledgeable, caring, and a positive person and doula! When days were hard she was always very supportive and reassuring that what I was doing was worth it. Kennedy was by my side since week 16, from being available by text anytime of the day, to hiking/walking several times together, to the big birth day she was by my side through it all. Kennedy made a difference in my labor experience. If I were to do it all over again Kennedy would be my first choice for a doula!

At first I wasn't sure I needed a doula but as I progressed in my pregnancy and started preparing more for birth, I decided it would be a good idea. Choosing Kennedy to be my doula was the best decision I made for the birth of my first baby. She is an amazing human and a natural at what she does. Not only is she is skilled and knowledgeable but she is nurturing, open-minded, and supportive in every way. Leading up to the birth she made sure she understood what my ideal birth experience looked like. She always checked in and made sure I felt supported and as prepared as I could be, offering guidance at all times. Unfortunately, like many others, my birth experience didn't go as planned. I started out at a birthing center but had to transfer to a hospital after 15 hours due to an unproductive labor. She knew how important it was to me to try without any interventions and I don't know how I could have gone that long without her support. She was extremely patient and attentive, doing everything she could to make me as comfortable as possible while her and the midwives tried to get my labor to progress. She was so reliable and went above and beyond for 15 hours! I know she was tired and sore from all the counter-pressuring but she didn't let it show one bit. Even after giving it her all through the whole night she was willing to meet us at the hospital if we wished and was still checking in during and after the hospital stay. I will forever be grateful for her unwavering compassion and empathy. She truly took care of me during the hardest thing I have ever done.

Kennedy is a natural doula. She was a gentle and loving presence at the birth of my second child (my first unmedicated birth). She constantly checked in on me leading up to my due date. During labor, she was calm and encouraged me with massage and words (which I told her were my preferences ahead of time). During transition, I was starting to lose it but she calmly but firmly helped me and my husband get into the positions the midwife instructed me to, even though I didn't want to. She always looked for ways to do more during labor-- for example, I wanted to listen to music during labor but hadn't brought a playlist, so she let us use her Spotify account on her phone for the whole time. Absolutely adore Kennedy and so thankful her role during our birth!!

We met Kennedy through our birth center. She was with me during my entire pregnancy, checking in with me & answering any questions I had. The week leading up to our birth, Kennedy was so understanding with the ups & downs if labor was starting or not, she was constantly texting with me encouraging me through the waiting. When it was finally time for birth she was with us every moment! It was a very fast labor and so intense, but she was able to talk me through every contraction and kept me calm through my anxiety and stress, she would remind me that I was ok during the excrutiating pain and so close to meeting our baby. During contractions it was like she could read my mind of what I needed, she would press so hard on my hips to help alleviate pain that her arms were shaking after, so dedicated! She kept me drinking water and got me juice to keep my energy up. After birth she was still super available and checked on me often to see how I was healing or how nursing was going. Kennedy is just the sweetest and calmest doula, she was a huge blessing to have at our birth!

I would 1000% recommend Kennedy Frazier as anyones doula! She is completely easy and approachable to talk to but can also be that firm strong women you need in vulnerable times! Kennedy provided me with such comfort throughout my entire labor! There were moments I felt like I didn't know if I could continue and I would just look over at Kennedy and she would just reassure me that I could do it and that I was doing great! She was my focal point and helped me through each contraction!! I had to look into her eyes each time each contraction towards the end lol but her strength and energy helped me through! Her knowledge for positions and ways to ease labor were also so helpful! She respected and helped me accomplish exactly what I wanted for my birth plan!! She was so awesome!!

I highly recommend Kennedy. She is passionate about being a Doula. Her peaceful demeanor, care, concern, patience, diligence, and understanding combined with her medical field knowledge/ experience are just a few of the traits that emulate in our interactions. Kennedy attentively listened to my pregnancy and birth plan. She diligently followed through with loving suportive care. Kennedy never tried to pressure me to make any decisions I didn't feel comfortable with or that were opposite of my birth plan. She made herself available to answer any questions during my pregnancy and postpartum. Kennedy still checks in on baby and I to see how we are doing. We are greatful for all the loving care and support she has provided to our family. It has been a pleasure to have her support and presence during my pregnancy, birth and postpartum. If I have another child, I insist on having her by my side.

After deciding we didn't want a doula, my husband and I FORTUNATELY found out that the back office gal at our birthing center just so happened to be a doula and would be available for our birth if we wanted. As soon as I heard this news, I was quick to change my mind! Kennedy was always so warm and welcoming every time we came in for a check up that it was easy for me to decide that I wanted her to be apart of our experience. If it weren't for her, my husband and I would've gone to the hospital and probably would've done everything opposite of what we had on our birth plan. She was a great advocate, listened to me rant during contractions and was also there for my husband and mother when they needed support as well. I always look back and remember all the core moments of that day and Kennedy is in almost all of them. She was also great with our little guy for our first postpartum appointment, she was very gentle when performing all of his tests that he pretty much slept through them! We were stunned to find out that we were her first doula clients! (I still don't believe her ;))! She is such a natural and anyone would be so lucky to have her be apart of their experience! Trust me, you NEED her!

Working with Kennedy as our birth doula was an amazing experience! My husband and I both felt really connected with her and was a big comfort for any birthing questions I had. During birth, Kennedy was right there to offer support when I needed it and was source of comfort. She provided me with encouragement and patience when I felt like I couldn't keep going.  I am so grateful to her and I'm glad we decided to have her as our doula. I highly recommend her services. She was the best decision we made when prepareing for birth.