Doula Narchi NYC
Doula
6 recommendations
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Carola Martinez-van Bokkem
I would definitely recommend Narchi and Karla for their doula services! They were incredible supportive, respectful and thoughtful during the pre- and postpartum process.
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They were great in meeting me and my husband beforehand; they had lots of useful information and were very personable. They honored all our requests and treated us with kindness. During my birth Narchi was on call and she was great in helping me staying calm with breathing techniques and offering me water and ice chips. Both of Narchi and Karla were available postpartum for phone calls and answered all our questions constantly. They have a great network of lactation consultants and postpartum doulas. All in all they are a great team! -
Ariel Garfinkel
We cannot recommend Narchi highly enough; she provided incredible support from the moment we hired her, sharing invaluable resources on pregnancy, labor, and postpartum topics via email and in person. During our prenatal sessions, Narchi was extremely receptive to our questions and vision for our son's birth, and put both my wife and I at ease with with her calm, confident energy and tremendous knowledge about pregnancy, birth, and baby care. Together, we prepared for labor in a manner that allowed us to feel comfortable and safe. With Narchi's help, I had a fast, entirely natural delivery, meeting all of my goals for the birth, and have been able to recover and take on the responsibilities of having a newborn with relative ease. Narchi was also an amazing support for my wife, enabling her to comfort me and offer exactly what I needed so that the process remained intimate and fulfilling for all of us. After the birth, Narchi stayed for hours to help us with breastfeeding, and didn't leave our sides until we were ready. She then visited the day after we returned home from the hospital to make sure breastfeeding and baby care were going smoothly, responding immediately to our need for additional support and enabling us to adjust to life with a baby right away. She has continued to check in and offer terrific advice via text, which has been extraordinarily comforting. Hiring Narchi was absolutely the best decision we made for our family prenatally, and we are honored to have been able to work with her.
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Sara Palencia
I cannot speak highly enough of Narchi! Her presence during our daughter’s birth was such a blessing, and she will always hold a very special place in my heart because of it. I knew I wanted a natural childbirth, but also felt most comfortable giving birth in a hospital. My husband and I were looking for someone to help guide and support us through the process, but were nervous about finding someone who would be judgmental or anti-modern medicine. Narchi was an incredible find-she is committed to helping you make your birth experience what you would like it to be. She is knowledgeable, supportive, and an incredibly calming presence. She pushed herself so hard to be there for me (I had an extremely long labor and she had just finished another birth when I contacted her) and helped my husband understand how best to support me during labor. Her suggestions were always helpful and she was never pushy or overbearing. I know I would not have been able to have my daughter naturally if it had not been for Narchi. Her presence and guidance allowed my husband and I to remain calm throughout the birthing experience and actually enjoy it. When I look back on that day, I can’t help but smile at the beautiful, happy memories I have of the birth of my first daughter. I am hoping she’ll agree to a trip to Los Angeles in a couple of years to help with our next child =)
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Nikolina Icitovic
My husband and I are forever thankful to Narchi for helping us have a birth experience that we are happy to remember. I had a long and hard labor but with Narchi’s calm presence and amazing support, I gave birth meds free and felt strong and confident. We interviewed a few doulas before Narchi who were very nice and experienced, but somehow we did not feel a connection with them. We were beginning to wonder if and how we would know which doula to pick. Then we met Narchi, and instantly we both knew she was our doula. Narchi is calm, yet warm and passionate, experienced but humble, professional but easy to connect with. We felt very comfortable around Narchi and knew she was the right person to have during the birth of our baby. My baby was positioned correctly but his head was a little tilted (according to the sonogram technician). The doctor did not say anything about that so I figured it is not important. However, when after 5 hours of active labor I barely opened up, Narchi realized something was not right. I then remembered to tell her about the slight displacement of the baby's head. She then put me in many different positions and used a scarf to wriggle my belly. It worked, I started opening very well. I am sure the doctors would have pushed me to have a C-Section if that issue was not fixed. My contractions were very strong and I was in active labor for 14 hours. Narchi was there non stop, giving me counter pressure that felt amazing and she was so calm that having her around, made me calm. Then I was pushing for 2 ½ hours and Narchi was standing by my side and I remember squeezing her hand hard every time contractions came on. Even my husband says his hand hurt from me squeezing it; I cannot imagine how it felt for Narchi. But she stood there all that time, giving me complete support and encouragement. We do not have family close by but after this, we felt like Narchi was our family. We cannot recommend Narchi enough.
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Karen and Paul V
My wife and I are so incredibly happy that Narchi was part of our birth experience. Not only is Narchi an experienced, well-rounded, and knowledgeable doula, she is also an extremely warm person, which is evident from the minute that you first meet her. This was our first child, and it was a fairly long labor. Narchi was there with us every step of the way, in a calming and supportive manner. We don't know what we would have done without her, and the entire time, we kept thinking to ourselves how happy we were to have chosen Narchi as our doula. She offers just the right balance between providing guidance, and being supportive of the mother's wishes and decisions. Also, as mentioned before, Narchi is incredibly knowledgeable about every aspect of childbirth. Her level of expertise with hynobabies also was particularly helpful for us. We wholeheartedly recommend Narchi as a doula for any woman about to give birth.
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Flo Den
Pregnant with my first baby and about 1 year in this country and city, I had no friends who had had baby here yet and no family around. So, in addition to being naturally anxious about delivering a baby, I also felt like I needed some support and guidance to navigate the hospital system on the D-day. I did not want to be induced, I wanted to avoid taking too much medication. I wanted to understand what was going on and I wanted someone to second my husband if need be.
Original recommendation
I am really glad I hired Narcisa. She was so sweet and supportive and positive through the whole process, working with my husband and helping him help me but leaving him the primary role as long as he wanted it (and he was there the whole time), massaging my back as he was supporting me, massaging my feet, applying her famous hot rice-sock where I was in pain, and I was glad she was there because everything turned out being exactly the opposite as what I was hoping for. (I was induced and after a great beginning of labour, my blood pressure shot super high because of the pitocin and the baby's heartrate kept decreasing so I ended up having to have a C-section.) She was there to help us with the first latch and she knew when to go and leave us as a family.
Narcisa was even more helpful AFTER the birth. I was not coping so well on my own with the baby, no family around, so she accepted to work with me as a post-partum doula twice a week for several weeks after the birth. She listened to me, cooked for me, held my baby so I could catch a little rest. She never judged, gave me useful tips, made me laugh and let me cry. And she gave our daughter her first bottle of breastmilk :-).
I highly recommend her. She's extraordinarily positive, sensitive and knows her job perfectly. She remains a dear friend for us.
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