50
1999
$700.00
50
1999
$700.00
Tracy is the director and founder of ABQ Doulas. She is a CAPPA-certified labor doula and multicertified childbirth educator, has additional training with Spinning Babies and the Kirby Rebozo method, and is DONA TENS certified. She has been an avid educator and supporter of women for over 25 years. She currently serves as a prenatal educator at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, has served as a hospital staff doula, and also serves as a mentor to new doulas. Her many years of support to expectant mothers has given her a broad range of experiences which imbue her clients with a reassurance and confidence for their birth journey. Her vision for ABQ Doulas is that each and every women served will experience unbiased, loving care, and every mother will feel heard, held, and respected. Tracy has been doing life with her husband, Dennis, for 33 years and together they have raised six fabulous children and are proud grandparents of five. If you catch her at home she is most likely mucking about with flowers in her garden or sipping a cup of English breakfast tea while reading a good book or watching her favorite Netflix show.
American Red Cross First Aid and CPR, Belly casting, Breastfeeding support, Reduced rates for women considering adoption, Sibling support, Surrogates and intended parents
Albuquerque, NM
English
Adoption
ART and IVF
C-sections
Families of color
Inductions
Surrogacy
VBAC
Training:
CAPPA
Education:
BA/BS
So this review is for ABQ Doulas in general. I contracted with them, got a brief phone call, like two or three texts and two very brief meetings where I didn’t get the Tens unit that was part of the contract. There was zero care or support provided. I had a scheduled induction, and the only support I received from this company was a single “good luck” text message. I wanted a doula after a very traumatic C-section at 31+5. I wanted a doula to just hold my hand and be a positive support. But she never showed up, when I had called once in the middle of the night when the doctor wanted to place a cook catheter, which took three attempts and not pleasant at all, could have really used an advocate by the third attempt. And didn’t show when I called saying they were going to force a C-section in two hours. Those two hours my doula hadn’t even left the house yet. And after the surgery, after making jokes about the C-section, which she knew was traumatic for me, she sat with me for all of 15 minutes in recovery, on her phone the entire time, said nothing but “hi” to me, before leaving to “go see another client!” When the contract I signed said they’d be there for two hours post birth. ABQ Doulas then fought to keep $1300 because that “good luck” text apparently was considered appropriate birth support. They swindle money from people, and then delete any negative view, because I have come to learn throw talking to other mothers, that I am far from alone, they’re just really good at silencing women who they’ve wronged.
A previous traumatic birth of a preemie
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