I first worked with Michelle during the birth of my oldest child in 2020. As a first-time mom, I…read morefelt excited about giving birth but also overwhelmed by all the unknowns. I wanted someone who could help me understand my options, prepare for labor, and provide support beyond what I expected from my medical team. Hiring a doula gave me the reassurance that I wouldn't have to navigate the experience alone. Knowing Michelle would be there to guide, educate, and encourage me made me feel much more confident and prepared going into my first birth. After that, I was hooked - Michelle has been by my side for the births of all three of my children, and I can't imaging a birth without her. Each experience was so unique and different, but her support, knowledge, and encouragement were invaluable every single time. I wanted unmedicated births, and Michelle gave me the confidence, preparation, and tools I needed to achieve that goal. During labor, she knew exactly how to support me physically and emotionally, helping me stay focused and calm through some of the most challenging moments. When I doubted myself, she reminded me of my strength and helped me trust my body. What sets Michelle apart is that she doesn't just show up on the day of your birth. She invests in her clients, provides evidence-based information, answers questions, and helps you feel empowered to make decisions that are right for you and your family. Her presence brought a sense of peace and confidence that benefited not only me, but also my husband. She helped my husband understand my needs and how to be a source of strength. She guided him through ways to encourage and comfort me during labor, which allowed us to work together as a team and made the experience even more positive. Because of Michelle's support, I look back on all three of my birth experiences with gratitude and pride. If you're considering hiring a doula, I wholeheartedly recommend the Modern Momma team; they are compassionate, knowledgeable, professional, and truly passionate about helping mothers have positive and empowering birth experiences.

I want to share our experience honestly so other expecting families can make an informed choice. We…read morehired this doula for full birth and postpartum support, and we came to them through a trusted family referral -- which makes what happened even harder to understand. When my wife's water broke, we let the doula know and headed to the hospital. She was also told my wife was contracting. Despite knowing all of this, the doula never came and never once called to check in. We went through the birth of our son without the support we had paid for and counted on. What happened afterward was just as disappointing. Rather than taking responsibility, we were told it was our fault for not explicitly instructing her to come -- even though she knew we were at the hospital and in labor. Instead of accountability we were blamed for not "telling her to come" -- as if a laboring mother at the hospital isn't signal enough. When we asked to speak with the owner, no one had the courtesy to call us directly.

My wife and I took Tara's 5 week class and it was very informative. There are things you may know…read moreand there are things that you THINK you know and Tara will clear it all up for you. The relaxation and breathing techniques will really benefit my wife and I feel confident that I can contribute to this amazing experience in our lives thank's to Tara's class.

I absolutely loved this class and Tara. As a first time mom and partner .. my boyfriend and I felt…read morelost when it came to birthing, postpartum and even the pregnancy itself. After 5 weeks with Tara I feel prepared and ready to birth our son.

We hired Jessica for my second pregnancy, and I don't think I could give a higher recommendation…read morefor a doula, or realistically for a human being - she was absolutely amazing. With my first, we did hypnobirthing classes, but only made it to week 3 of 5(he was a preemie). I had a mostly natural birth, but still felt completely out of control. When I found out I was pregnant with our second, I knew I wanted to do things differently, and Jessica was absolutely the answer. She was able to ensure that my husband and I were fully prepared, educated, and empowered. COVID regulations hit DAYS before I went into labor, and she pivoted on a dime. She made sure that even though she was unable to be with us in the hospital, both my husband and I were 100% ready to take charge of the birth of our son. Hiring her is absolutely the best decision you could possibly make.

Jessica was my doula and I cannot recommend her enough! She was so knowledgeable, helped me…read moreunderstand different aspects of labor, helped me create a birth plan (and understand it), helped me learn what questions to ask, what to research and how to advocate for myself. She educated me, helped me with hypnobirthing techniques, and supported me (and my hubby) during my pregnancy and leading up to labor. Because of covid I knew she wouldn't be allowed in the hospital but she had already given me so much - including helping me decide to change prenatal care and birthing hospital which I'm SO GLAD I did. I was able to find a hospital with midwives that was on board with my birth plan! The plan was that she would come to my house and labor with me as long as possible before going to the hospital and she would teach my husband how to support me as well. That's exactly what happened when I went Into labor. She basically did all the work with me at home, helping me manage pain and helping me trust that I could have the unmedicated labor I wanted (even when I doubted myself). Thanks to her I did it! By the time I got to the hospital I was 9 cm dilated! She had helped me do all the work at home, my baby was born 20 minutes after getting to the hospital they didn't have time for any intervention, and I'm so glad everything went according to my birth plan. But it's only because I had Jessica through it all!

I knew I wanted a doula for my labor/birth, and had a doula recommended to me by a friend. I…read moreprocrastinated on contacting her, and by the time I did- she was booked. So, about 10 weeks before I was due I started the search for another doula and came across both Lora, and Chelsea, individually. I contacted them and they let me know they had recently teamed up and were available. We had a zoom call with them and my husband and I decided to book them for our August birth. Chelsea & Lora came for a home visit in June, so we could meet them and discuss initial ideas about my labor/birth/etc. They both brought their individual strengths and so much knowledge. They then came back a few weeks before I was due to discuss plans for when i went into labor, comfort measures, etc. They were both there any other time my husband and I had a question throughout the whole process as well. I had a long, long (44 hour) labor and we (mainly my husband) were in contact with Chelsea/Lora the entire time. About 22 hours in, once the pain had gotten pretty bad, Lora came to our house at 8pm. She quietly supported us and helped get through the contractions. At midnight, Chelsea swapped in so Lora could get some rest. Chelsea encouraged me to keep moving and try different things to help progress labor. When we thought it was time to go to the birth center, Chelsea came with us. When I finally ended up being admitted, Lora was the doula who ultimately joined us at the birth center- and spent over 12 hours there with us. I had mentioned during one of our previous meetings that I would love it if the doula who was present could snap some pictures during the day of labor/birth- I wasn't looking for anything too fancy or professional but just wanted some iphone pics. Lora went above and beyond, using her own camera to take lots of pictures and a video of the birth- which we haven't seen yet but are so excited for! Both Lora & Chelsea truly went above and beyond, and are a perfect complementary team. They came for a 2 week postpartum visit and it felt like having friends over to meet the baby- we cannot recommend them and their services enough & will definitely be using them for baby 2!

We absolutely adore and appreciate Lora and all her knowledge! We're due with our first baby in…read moreOctober 2020 and she helped us get through educational evidence based birth classes during the pandemic! I feel more prepared now for the birthing process, what to expect and techniques we can do to help us labor as naturally as possible! Worth every penny :)

Be careful with private pay pediatric therapies. I spent $$$$ on an OT evaluation and appointment…read morethat I can't use and need to repeat. Companies like these charge high dollar with the promise of helping...! Maybe this company is great for kids without severe medical complexities but I wasn't impressed.

Dr. Nikki is so knowledgeable about toddlers/ children's muscle groups, their physical capabilities…read moreand behaviors. She pays attention to detail and is thorough and so pleasant. She understands when she can push a child to work harder and when they need a mental or physical break. Every session with her is different and unique using different toys, props, belts, weights and always keeping things fun and exciting. She is great at making to do lists and engaging parents and following up the next session on ideas and homework she has tasked us to work on. I saw she had 5 star reviews when we hired her but now I understand why. She really is above 5 stars. We accomplished what we're were looking to do and now we are working on perfecting and strengthening and we are happy and totally satisfied with her work. She is never late and always a great communicator with reminding prior to sessions. Very patient, children love her and an absolute star at her job. Thank you Dr. Nikki for bringing joy to our lives!

We cannot say enough great things about Ashley! She was everything that we each hoped we could get…read morefrom hiring a doula, and so much more. We hired Ashley for the birth of my second child, when I was attempting an unmedicated VBAC after a horrendous experience with my first birth. I knew I wanted labor support for this birth, but honestly hiring a doula was a little "crunchy" and outside of our realm of comfort. From the first meeting with Ashley I could tell that I was completely wrong! Ashley was so real and down to earth, and made us both feel completely at ease and prepared for our TOLAC and hopeful VBAC. During actual labor, Ashley came when I told her I needed her, and helped me to do relax through contractions and do some exercise to try to turn my posterior baby. We labored at home with her help for as long as possible, and when I felt "pushy" she got us to the hospital and into a room ready to have a baby! Her coaching through early labor, transition, and especially pushing was instrumental to my successful VBAC. She was amazing at addressing my fears during labor and made sure I was informed and felt completely in control the whole time, as well as kept my husband calm and helped him to be involved with helping me. After the experience we had, I would 100% recommend Ashley to everyone I know, and would have her by my side for all future births.  Thank you so much for our healing experience Ashley!!

I wanted a natural birth and Ashley helped me get it! I wouldn't have done it without her help!…read more She had many techniques to help me get thru the pain and also tips for my husband to help during labor and delivery. She made herself 24/7 available whenever I had questions since this was my first birth. She's very compassionate, caring, genuine and understanding to what you want. If I had to do it again I would hire her again in a heartbeat! If you're reading this, hire her...you won't regret it!

Wow. What an amazing home birth experience. First of all,…read morelet me express my gratitude to all the midwives at Aurora. They are all kind, highly experienced, knowledgeable, and relatable. It's hard to come across a practice where ALL the providers are top notch. Usually there's one great provider with the others being mediocre at best. That's not the case here! Regardless of who ends up being the midwife when you give birth, you won't be disappointed! Secondly, I am extremely thankful for their ability to provide modern care with a holistic approach. The reason I chose Aurora is because they are truly up-to-date on natural approaches to pregnancy management and what is considered safe vs not. Most modern providers don't give you advice on nutrition, natural pain management (because that doesn't exist), nor do they make sure you are ok mentally. From my previous pregnancy, where I received care from an OB at another practice, I was treated as if pregnancy was a medical condition and the provider never asked for consent. They used scare tactics to talk me into getting things and doing things that I would never normally agree to. With Aurora, they take pride in asking consent for every single action before doing so. I had never experienced care where they actually consider the individual's values and opinions and not just their educated beliefs. Lastly, the whole experience of the birth was amazing and enlightening. During my first pregnancy, many things went haywire and it felt very much like a medical procedure. With Aurora, my birth at home was very peaceful and hands off. The midwives assured me every step along the way to trust my body and to do what it was asking me to do. By trusting them and listening to my body's intuition, I was able to have the best, quickest birth at home with my husband and toddler! Overall, I would give them 10/10 and recommend Aurora Midwifery to any momma who is currently pregnant. Although it's most likely my last pregnancy, I would choose Aurora time and time again for pregnancy care.

Aurora midwifery is an amazing group of birth workers and I mean all of them! I did not get to…read moreexperience my birth at home with them sadly. We had to transfer care but they offered support for my birth at the hospital and postpartum. They really do care about you and your baby! They really take time with you at every appointment unlike obgyn providers. They have great communication and answer all your worries / questions quickly. They made exceptions for me that they definitely didn't have to. I recommend anyone looking for home birth to Aurora midwifery.

Kailey was my Doula for my third birth with my son Owen. My two previous birth experiences involved…read moreinduction, epidurals, pitocin, and an overall feeling that I did not have control over my own body, choices, and the process of giving birth. My second son actually broke his arm from shoulder dystocia during delivery and had I been more informed and knowledgeable I would have opted to push in a different position other than lying on my back. Kailey helped me gain the knowledge I yearned for to be able to make informed decisions surrounding my birth with Owen. I knew I wanted things to be different and I wanted to give birth completely unmedicated. Kailey spent a lot of time sharing evidence based articles surrounding any questions I had. With her help we were able to come up with a birth plan my husband and I were comfortable with and I felt educated and empowered in the decisions I was choosing for myself and my baby. On the day I gave birth Kailey was prompt and there for me through every single contraction, encouraging me, supporting me, physically massaging and applying counter pressure techniques for pain management. During the final phases of birth while I was pushing Kailey helped me stay focused on my end goal and helped bring me back to relaxing my body and mind and continuing to remind me that I was made for this and my baby was almost here. At 12:54 pm after only about 2 hrs of active labor I gave birth unmedicated in the most amazingly empowering and spiritual birth experience that I always dreamed of. I highly recommend using Kailey as your Doula!!

From the owner: Here at Empowering Promise, I offer Birth doula services, Postpartum Services, Placenta…read moreEncapsulation, Birthplan audits, and lactation bites. My own three pregnancy and birth journeys fueled my passion for the birth world. When you choose me to help you achieve your empowering birth experience. You also choose to help a single mom of three support her kids!

Update 10/11/15: We have received a full refund from this service and are satisfied with this…read moreoutcome. Caveat Emptor...this is a review for http://www.arizonamidwife.com and it's sole proprietor Alicia Witt. We hired this service and it's proprietor based on the numerous positive reviews we found online. This is the review of a service/business based on personal experience. I'll cut to the bullet list... 1: We paid extra for a service this business did not provide, the proprietor of this business refused to refund us for that and after much argument, partially refunded it for us. While I accepted this at the time, hindsight is always 20/20 and I should have refused and just reported the business to the police and BBB for fraud. 2: The proprietor did not provide doula service as agreed upon. Short of answering some questions here and there prior to the big day, we are really not sure what the $$$ was actually for. The proprietor did not massage my wife as agreed upon, the proprietor had a poor attitude and answered questions in single syllable answers, the proprietor provided zero emotional support to my wife except for when the epidural was administered and then it was just breathing exercises, and that was pretty much it. 3: While we ended up having to do an emergency section after 12 hours or so of being admitted, at no point during the numerous hours that the proprietor was there was the proprietor truly helpful. The proprietor pretty much either ate, slept, left to eat, or sat in a chair on a cellphone. There was such little level of interaction and no explanation as to why that our nurses even asked who this person was as they cleared showed signs of not wanting to be there. Their words, not ours. 4: Two hours was spent LEAVING for lunch or dinner, and two to two and a half was spent napping. We paid for "doula" service which is a trained and experienced professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after birth. 5: After the section, the proprietor stayed in the room for no more than 20 minutes to help the baby latch and then left. And that was the last we heard from them until almost 2 weeks later when my wife reached out to complain and ask for a refund. We were in the hospital for 4 days afterwards and there was no follow up. Part of the service is to perform such follow up and it never happened. It wasn't until I reminded them that they asked to schedule it AFTER we fought about the refund for the service that was never performed. I have cell phone call logs to prove this. We have the feeling now that proprietor of this business simply did not like us, from the very start. Whatever the reason for that is, they had no issues with taking our money when the professional thing to do would have been to tell us they just can't work with us. Maybe that isn't the reason. We don't really know. But they did actually remark when we discussed a refund they felt the service performed was "exemplary". So who knows? But t that we say, you are delusional and have no idea what that word exemplary means. The service was far from it. Instead of providing a nurturing environment and added support during our special day, we feel this service contributed quite negatively to it. We paid for... A trained and experienced professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after birth. We did not get it. We feel utterly ripped off by this business. This review abides by Yelp's review guidelines and is intended as a matter of opinion with regard to a service we have paid for. We are entitled to such an opinion as a customer. We are in no way affiliated with this industry or competitors of this person, and have no personal agenda other than to share our experience publicly as a result of paying for this service. You will note there is no bigotry, harassing remarks, or hate speech in this review and I would hope that should it be flagged as inappropriate the reviewers take actual note. We would urge you to look harder for other reviews, they are out there, and not all of them can be removed so easily under false pretense. You can start by joining community groups and relative forums and simply ASKING for personal opinions and reviews and you will most certainly have your questions answered. We wish we had done the same sooner.

My family is extremely blessed to be under the care of someone who is following her true passion in…read morelife. Alica truly loves what she does and it shows in so many ways. She has went over and beyond for my family and been at our beck and call anytime we needed her. She exceeded what was expected! We would have never gotten the care for someone else that we have got from Alica. We are forever grateful!