—Ursula Moran
“Working with Ivy through my pregnancy was an enlightening and transformational experience. As a first time mother, I was full of excitement, worry, and knowing only that I was plunging into the unknown.
It’s natural to have deep fears come up when building a precious being inside of you and having female support during those many months was priceless. Some of the work Ivy and I did together was yoga and meditation and breath work. But what I loved most was just walking with her and talking about the deepest feelings inside of me. Ivy holds space beautifully and she is somebody who seems to have been born with both strength and tenderness that is so important to be around during this vulnerable time. She is reliable, trustworthy and passionate about her work.”
—Laura Kooby
“We feel extremely fortunate to have found Ivy! It was my first pregnancy and I was overwhelmed with options and other’s opinions. She held my hand and guided me through the whole process. I honestly don’t know what I would have done without her! She is a wealth of knowledge and very experienced.
I didn’t realize how much pre-birth work I needed to do but I felt very confident and prepared thanks to Ivy! She helped me work though suppressed trauma that I didn’t even realize was affecting me at a subconscious level. Ivy is not only an incredible doula but she was also my confidant, life-coach, soul-sister and helped to mother me with so much compassion as I became a first time mother.
My partner was hesitant on hiring a doula at first because he didn’t understand why we needed one. Now every time he talks about our baby or birth, he tells people about our amazing doula! Ivy prepared our whole family. Ivy was my rock during labor! She held a phenomenal amount of space for me while helping me get into such a deep and meditative place. Because of her, my dream of a natural birth came to fruition. After working with Ivy I feel capable of anything!”
—Janet Pamplin
“I can’t even find the words for how grateful I am that we got to have Ivy as our doula. She was the one who opened the door to how magical my pregnancy could be. She gave us tons of love and support during my pregnancy, she went above and beyond when I was in labor and giving birth in our home, and took amazing care of me and my family once our daughter was born. I feel so blessed to have had Ivy with us on this journey. She is respectful, loving, funny, spiritual… And not only does she have deep knowledge and tons of experience in all things childbirth related, but she also has an impeccable intuition and an amazing way of empowering women and helping them prepare for the journey of a lifetime and making it one hell of a magical experience. Anyone would be lucky to have her.”
—Emily Baldoni
“Speaking from the husband’s perspective, prior to labor Ivy’s greatest support to me was providing me with the techniques and information to enable me to be an active birth partner, rather than just an encouraging and empathetic bystander.
During labor her expertise and encouragement were invaluable. I was growing a bit despondent once my wife’s labor advanced very little after having been admitted to the hospital some nine hours earlier, and after having been in prelabor much of the previous 24 hours.
Ivy helped me encourage her to get up and be active, to walk, dance, sway, or bounce on the ball, which was not easy because by that time she (we) were completely exhausted. These were not things I would have had the confidence, knowledge, or energy to encourage her to do at this point on my own. She had the natural birth she had set her mind to achieving, but without Ivy I’m sure that would not have been the case.”
—Avery Snelson
“Preparing for the birth and delivery with Ivy was critical to our successful birth experience. She truly gave us the tools to birth our baby boy at home with very little assistance, leading to a quick labor. Her presence at birth was also extremely calming. She knew how to relax my mind, would call out when I was tensing up my body and helped maintain a stress-free environment. Ivy truly gave me the beautiful birth I was striving for and I couldn’t have gotten there without her.”
—Amy Campbell
“We say we couldn’t have done it without Ivy, and wouldn’t have wanted to do it without her either! With a complication in the pregnancy, we knew we needed extra support and wisdom, beyond what a traditional western doctor could offer. We were struggling with processing our emotions, and understanding what we could control and what we needed to let go of. Ivy helped us identify and manage anxiety triggers and develop routines and techniques to work through them. She also facilitated communication between us, which was very helpful.
From giving me little things to structure my day while I was on bedrest to helping define my husband’s role to preparing for birth, with Ivy’s support we made it through our pregnancy with a little more ease and appreciation than we could have thought possible. We were able to be tuned in and conscious of the entire process, not just the physical changes of the body, but also the evolution of our relationship.”
—Natalie Huerta
“2 MONTHS MIGRAINE FREE!!! I can hardly believe, after eight years of suffering from cluster headaches, I have been free of them the last two months. I tried Neurologists, Acupuncturist, naturopaths, yoga, cannabis, deep breathing, meditation, eliminating sugar & wheat, and tried anything someone suggested to me. Every month, during my menstruation, for three days straight I would have waves of medium to excruciating pain behind my right eye and through my head. The pressure behind my eye could get so bad at times that my eye would swell shut. There were many trips to the hospital to get injections of immunitrex to stop the nightmare I was experiencing. There were a few times i asked myself if I was willing to live knowing that I would be dealing with this every month for potentially the rest of my life. I’m not the type to check out like that but the thought came through with my seemingly depressing future.
Well, three months ago Ivy addressed my diet from a hormonal perspective and guided me to “seed tracking” to balance my hormones and to eat broccoli and brussel sprouts to help remove estrogen build up. It then occurred to me to start taking out any food that carried estrogen such as meat, dairy and soy. I also stopped drinking liquids and foods that are packaged in plastic. All of those things create estrogen and hormone imbalance. I am grateful to report that two menstrual cycles into this regime and no headaches! Not even a hint of one. I cry tears of joy when I stop and take in this new reality. My life is brand new.”
—Kimme Maguire
“It’s hard to express how lucky we were to have Ivy as our doula. I’m no expert on doulas but, if I were, I would have to say that Ivy is the total package – fluent in all things childbirth-related, extremely articulate, 100% on the integrity scale, deeply empathic, calming and yet empowering. Any parent would be lucky to have her in their presence and in the presence of their child before, during and after birth.”
—Brad Sorensen
“I had the pleasure of working with Ivy for a few sessions before the arrival of my second child. She has an amazing wealth of knowledge about birth and everything that comes with it. She helped me tremendously with confronting and letting go of fears that were deeply rooted surrounding birth. She’s incredibly intuitive and it was a blessing to work with her.”
—Trish Mazure
“Recovering from a relapse from an eating disorder, I was challenged with low self-esteem, lack of trust in myself and my body’s ability to heal, lack of trust in being treated with medication, depression, anxiety and exhaustion coupled with my constant curiosity to learn the lessons of why this was happening and what I was supposed to do with this.
I reached out to Ivy for inspiration and support. She is a healer and I needed some healing. Lost, afraid and overwhelmed, we talked through what was going on in my world. We were able to talk through this pain to lighten it up enough to a level where I could connect to myself and my vision again and not feel stuck.
To have this time with Ivy was incredibly comforting and an amazing gift. I highly recommend Ivy as a mentor, coach and admired holistic healthcare professional.”
—Missy Strasner