"My birthing experience with the indigenous midwife service"

For my pregnancy I wasn’t going to have a midwife as it’s normal not to have one in my family. So at first I was really hesitant and nervous to have one but after meeting Elly in my first appointment she made me feel so comfortable to the point where I wish I had the opportunity to meet with her earlier. Elly even introduced me to another midwife just in case she was unavailable on my due date so at least I still had someone I knew and was comfortable with when the day came.

Elly made sure to keep me up to date with everything and gave me all the necessary information I needed to know and I loved hearing my infants heart beat at every appointment. My main goal was to have a completely natural birth and possibly a water birth, this was all made sure it was going to happen but unfortunately do to unforeseen circumstances on my end things changed and I ended up giving birth in the shower which was actually very helpful. During giving birth I did feel like giving in due to how painful it was but having Elly right by my side saying all the right things and reassuring me that I can do it and sticking to the plan, I did it and I’m so thankful because it also made me feel proud of myself. I would highly recommend and I will definitely be using them for my second child when the time comes.