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Pregnancy Wellness & Delivery Testimonials

The Cardenas Family

For a month or so before my little girl Lillia was born (dob 8.13.08, 9lbs, 7 oz, 21.5") I asked Dr. Patterson if she'd be present at our home birth (with my wife's consent of course and she did). My reasons are myriad. Not only do I respect Dr. Patterson's work as a fellow health care practitioner (I am a Licensed Acupuncturist), but also I wanted her presence as a friend.

When it came time to adjust Lillia (she had a shoulder dystocia which our midwives from Madison Birth Center handled with calm, high expertise, ease and grace), not only did Heather handle Lillia expertly, deftly, compassionately and with a feather yet effective touch, she explained what she was doing and we watched as little Lillia "unwound" herself from the trauma of being stuck in the birth canal. Despite the difficulty, Lillia was born precipitously (less than 3 hours, much faster than our other two children) which I attribute to my wife's prior chiropractic care with Heather. I believe Heather's help before and during the birth has been a large portion of the reason why my Lillia has no major medical problems, nor will she have any left over trauma from her birth as she grows. All we have to do is think about standard baby stuff - keeping her warm, fed clothed and loved. In regard to feeding she had no problem latching on to Mindy. Her breast feeding has been easy. I also believe that she has a head start that every child should have when beginning this amazing journey called "life". 

- Miguel F. Cardenas

P.S.  And thank you for handling the video camera during the birth, Heather. Madison Birth Center wants to use it in their training/information materials. I am honored to let them do so.

Hirata's Story

I was recommended to see Dr. Heather by my midwife at the Madison Birth Center. The baby went from a transverse position into a posterior positioning, causing pubic and leg pain.

After my first treatment with Dr. Heather, my leg and pubic pain were gone. I had received acupuncture treatments previous to this, that helped the pain and discomfort, but only for a few days. I continued getting work done with Dr. Heather through the rest of my pregnancy.

In the two and half months of working with Dr. Heather she became not only an important part of my prenatal care but also an important person to my family.

She also worked on my very energetic four year old son, whom in his life has had plenty of alternative work done by many different practitioners. He was calm and attentive while Dr. Heather adjusted him and when he was done he asked if he could come and see her again.

Not only is she gifted with her skills for chiropractic care but she has a great intuition. She is extremely caring and works with the individual on a basis to get them to the point they need to be to be their healthiest.

I asked Dr. Heather to attend my home birth. I went into labor in the middle of the night and after my husband called her, she was at our home shortly after. Her attendance at the birth of our daughter (1/15/09) became a very important and necessary part to the birth.

I had extreme back labor pain, because my daughter chose to turn to the posterior position. Dr. Heather suggested to my midwife positions for me to labor in so that she was able to work on my back, allowing my hips to open up to ease the pain and allow more room for the baby to come out.

Her calming energy and the techniques she used during the labor allowed a much shorter labor than my first, and helped me to stay grounded.

My daughter was born with shoulder dystocia, the midwife and assistant handled this complication calmly. Dr. Heather assessed my newborn daughter shortly after and decided it would be best if we waited until that evening to adjust her. She came back to our home that night and two days later and adjusted our daughter in our home. Her adjustment was calm, soft, but yet very effective. She showed my husband and I exercises to do with her to help the adjustment hold and allow her to be more comfortable. Her stiffness in her shoulders, arms, and back is gone. It is so nice to see results so soon, and I know it would have been a much different story if Dr. Heather was not at the birth working on myself as well as not working on our daughter so soon.

My family and I will continue to see Dr. Heather, to help us maintain a healthy family. I have referred several people to her, and will do so in the future.  

-Hirata

Camille's Story

My name is Camille and I am 30 years old. About a little over a year ago I had a baby boy and a little bit after that, five months to be exact, I got pregnant again with my second son. My body had gone through many changes after having my first son and I was not feeling as strong and youthful. I had not lost all the weight from my first pregnancy and I was experiencing a lot of lower back pain. It had been difficult to get back into my old exercise routine with the baby nursing and being pregnant again. I was having a hard time lying on my back and at times it was even painful to go walking. When I was about four or five months pregnant I started thinking that if this pain was bad now how bad would it get during labor?

I went to see one of my midwives at the Madison Birthing Center and she explained to me that my bones have moved around after having my baby, especially the bones around my hips, waist and spine. She said with that movement of my bones there may be pulling of tendons or ligaments which can be painful, even more so now that I am pregnant again and the bones are moving again. She recommended seeing a chiropractor. She told me to go see Dr. Heather, as I now call her. She highly recommended Dr. Heather because of the help and relief that she was able to give other pregnant women.

Dr. Heather was very warm, easy to talk to and very flexible she was even willing to bend her schedule so she could treat me right away. She has a great office that is very inviting and calm. She had a perfect pillow for my belly and she explained things to me about my body and helped me immensely with her chiropractic care.

I saw Dr. Heather for the last 3 months of my pregnancy and it really helped not only when it came time for my labor but in my general life. She explained what problems I had with my back, hips, pelvis and more. She helped me understand what adjustments I needed and why. I felt very assured about the care that I was receiving and in fact I plan on bringing my sons in to see her as I now know that chiropractic care can be helpful for children also.

When Dr. Heather straightened out my spine and pelvis hips she had also straightened out my life so to speak. She really relieved the pain from my back and other parts of my body. Dr. Heather helped me get reconnected with my body’s energy and needs.

-Camille