"Having met Nova many times before going in to labor made me feel both comfortable and confident when my labor began. Arriving at the hospital and seeing her face was very reassuring... Many times I looked to her for direction and reassurance. She reminded me of the breathing techniques and offered me many additional options... I am very happy to have had this opportunity and would recommend her to all expectant mothers."
~ Christina Albertson

"Having a doula was was the best thing we could have done for our new family. We felt comfortable enough, with Nova in our home, to sleep through the night. This is what aided my recovery from an unplanned cesarean section."
~ Patti Sorenson

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.”
~Rajneesh

“We have a secret in our culture and it's not that birth is painful, it's that WOMEN ARE STRONG.”
~Laura Stavoe Harm

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
~Elizabeth Stone

“A doula enters the space of a labouring woman and is highly responsive and aware of her needs, moods, changes, and unspoken feelings. She has no need to control or smother. Every pregnant woman should have the benefits of a doula. This person does not detract from the role of the baby’s father or co-parent, by the way. It enhances it and leaves him (or her) free to do the very important job of loving the mother. ”
~Christiane Northrup, M.D. Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom