I just want to tell you again how great the new mom group has been.  I have really enjoyed it and I think you have been fantastic at leading the discussion.  I am going to continue and I think most of the other women will as well.

  - Amanda M.

I can’t thank you enough for all your help [with breastfeeding and the transition to having two kids]! You were amazing and really helped turn things around for us.

- Bella

I just wanted to say how brilliant you have been and how much I have enjoyed our sessions.  I definitely found motherhood more of a shock than I anticipated and you have helped instill in me the confidence that comes with knowing that feeling inadequacy/cluelessness is pretty normal and part of the amazing ride.  I have internalised and taken comfort from so much of what you have said and am grateful for your frankness and warmth.

 - Amy H.

Your sleep advice made me feel so much more relaxed.  No more tying my own happiness to the number of minutes in my baby’s nap!  And guess who’s sleeping now while I have a cup of tea and a sandwich?

  - Amanda B. 

I think the biggest takeaway from the [childbirth] class for me was a great base of knowledge about labor + delivery, and the confidence to make the decisions that are necessary during the process.  I went into my labor with a very open mind & made decisions as they came about…. This was the most amazing experience of our lives to date.  Meredith - thank you for giving us the tools we needed for a successful birth!!!

— Kristine 

I just want you to know how much I enjoyed the MOMs group.  You are so knowledgeable and good at what you do but you’re also so warm, funny and engaging!  I’m so glad I did it - to have met you and of course, the other moms.

  -Niki

I could barely get myself and my baby out the door in those early months, but my sessions [at the New Mothers’ Group] were something I’d never miss. Meredith’s classes eased my mind, taught me everything a pediatrician doesn’t, helped introduce me to a great network of Moms and gave me a public haven to get my confidence up as a new Mom. 
  -Odette

I recently completed Meredith’s Childbirth Education class and couldn’t have asked for a better guide. Not only was she knowledgeable and funny, but her sense of calm - her *realness *- was intensely reassuring. Now that I’m a mother, I’ve been struggling with breastfeeding issues and she has come to my rescue with hours of support on the phone and in person, guiding me through. 
  -Alicia

Thanks so much for the epidural class you gave last weekend. It was excellent and we both learned a great deal. We felt that your class had effectively, ‘given the birth back to her.’ We had been focusing so much on the doctors, the baby, and all the other people around, and it was good to hear you say several times that the pregnancy is ours. We particularly liked your examples of how to ask questions of caregivers in a non-adversarial way to collect information. 
  -John and Diane

I read like a fiend and talked with friends, but it made a huge difference to have Meredith’s regular visits after the baby was born. She’s an incredible source of information… I found her reassuring, comforting, authoritative, empathetic. I trust her judgment. 
  -Marina

Meredith was with me in my most vulnerable moments as a new mom, and helped me feel comfortable… the emotional support I received from her was worth her weight in gold. 
  -Kristina

Meredith combines knowledge, compassion and humor – she was a godsend and a friend! I appreciated that she had no ‘agenda’ about what I should be doing. The long talks we had about the significance of being a mother meant a lot to me as I got used to my new life. 
  -Camille

My husband and I got more out of our childbirth preparation class than I ever imagined I could. Meredith was very funny and very knowledgeable. 
  -Moira