A grateful parent shares her experience...

 

After a traumatic birth experience my son and I spent weeks trying to recover, reconnect, and find peace. It seemed nothing would sooth his cries at times. I felt helpless and depressed as I struggled to provide him with comfort. My husband and I held our son all the time and provided him with attachment parenting techniques. It was only while breast-feeding that we were able to find a small window of peaceful softness. After a few months I began to reluctantly accept the all too popular label of “colicky”.

 

And then I met Janel. Our son was three months old and awakening every hour on the hour and crying. Janel provided me as a mother, the opportunity to “be with” my son as he released the body memories of his awful birth experience. He cried, raged, and then slept. Janel knowingly taught me how to be present with my son and this “experience” without trying to control it or alter it. She taught me genuine respect of another soul. Her touch was loving, yet strong and competent. Janel later led us (including my husband) in re-experiencing our birth in a gentle way that led us to great healing and harmony.          

 

Tracey L. Bovee, LCPC, Ed.S

Champaign, IL