Sue was my doula for the birth of both of my daughters! One was born October 2019 and the next December 2020. For my very first birth in 2013 I did not have a doula and my birth didn't go as planned. So with my second, I very much doubted my ability to give birth without interventions.
I ended up having 2 successful, intervention free births at the Minnesota Birth Center with Sue as my doula. My husband and I both agree that I/we could not have done it without her!
Sue is calm, laid back, and extremely knowledable. She is a fantastic doula, and she brought so much peace of mind to me during the birth of my babies!
Paige
12/30/2020
Sue was incredibly wonderful to work with from the start! She made my husband and I feel at ease for the birthing process and prepared us with what to expect despite so many unknowns during birth and labor. We felt really prepared going into the hospital from her guidance and were grateful to get to have that preparation with her ahead of time.
She made us feel at ease and was very helpful and available via text message to answer any questions and follow up with us once we got home from the hospital.
We would absolutely recommend her services to anyone looking for pre-birthing help!
Taylor Bennett
11/11/2020
We had a wonderful experience with Sue. She made the whole birth process for us, as first time parents, enjoyable and low-stress. She is extremely responsive and very dedicated to her clients. She is very experienced and carries a long list of credentials and accreditations. When educating us and answering our questions, she draws on her training and over 20 years of experience to provide us with the perfect combination of fact-based and experience-based teachings and responses. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone else expecting and looking for a doula. She was amazing and we are so happy we chose her.
Dan Nguyen
9/11/2020
Our experience with Sue for our baby prenatal, delivery, and postpartum has been nothing short of utmost perfection. Sue is not only incredibly professional and organized, but more importantly in this field, she is a warm, welcoming, knowledgeable, strong, and has a likeable presence.
From sites like these, I found Sue and knew we needed an interview. We interviewed many doulas and some doula networks, but Sue stood out easily in our mind. Her presence alone at the interview shone through and it was exactly what we would need and want come delivery time. She's got the history and confidence of a guru doula. All of her services were laid out clear as day, and they have been honed down to what they are today to make them cover everything you can think of - which as a first time mom, was extremely relieving and stress-reducing. She also has her Mary Poppins bag full of magical powers to help a variety of different women succeed in the labor zone. I was a bit disappointed it worked so well for me, I wanted to try out more of the bag! This is a good thing though - Sue knew exactly what we should try from her bag based on how my labor was proceeding, and each item she pulled, she hit the target in the bullseye. I'm not sure how her strength never faded during my labor, she applied counterpressure it seemed during each contraction once I had back labor. It was a necessity for me, and she never gave up. She also challenged me to continue laboring and encouraged me at the same time. There was no doubt of safety or security - quite the opposite - Sue emphasized how safe and normal and fabulous my labor was going the entire time which also added priceless emotional value to our experience.
There is no question that we'd go with Sue for future labors. I will be recommending her to my network enthusiastically.
A. Anderson
8/31/2020