As a nonbinary, disabled, and plus-sized pregnant person, having a doula who didn’t need to be educated about queer and disabled identities and could just work with me as a full, embodied person was so important to me — and Vicki absolutely did that.
Because Vicki was so experienced in the hospital experience and how to navigate with nurses and midwives in the room and in real time, she knew how to interpret my needs when I wasn’t able to.
The stretches, conversation, and laughter were so important to us on the day we welcomed our daughter into the world.
Vicki was extremely dedicated and available throughout my 34 hr labor/birth with strategic ways to cope with pain, preparation, and negotiation with hospital staff.
She stayed by my side and stayed awake for hours into the next day without taking a break to make sure I was breathing the pain away, working through my contractions and even taught me how to effectively push when the time came.
Ms. Bloom is very friendly, attentive and experienced at what she does which is being the most hands on advocate, best doula/lactation specialist I could ever ask for.