I was completely and utterly terrified to give birth, but I was pregnant, so it needed to be done…read more A friend recommended Birth Kalamazoo, and I'm so glad she did. At first, I didn't think I needed a doula because I wanted a hospital birth with a doctor and ALL the pain meds they could give me. But after talking to some friends and exchanging emails with Jessica, the owner, I realized that a doula could still support me despite the fact that I wasn't planning on a natural birth with a midwife. After I reached out to request a doula, Jessica set up an appointment for me and my husband to meet one. She made it clear that this was to see if we would be a good fit, and it was totally acceptable to decide we weren't. And that was great because while I'm sure she was totally competent, we didn't feel comfortable with her. When I relayed this to Jessica with some reasons why, she said it wasn't a problem and set up a meeting with a different doula. This is when we met Teresa, and she was wonderful. After we officially hired Teresa, in addition to the first casual meeting, we had two meetings to discuss what I was looking for, draft a general birth plan, and answer any questions I had. I had tons. When it all went down, Teresa was a calming presence. My husband and I had never been through any of it before, so having an expert there, advocating for us and helping us through was tremendously helpful. Teresa also did a follow up appointment and provided us with a timeline of what happened when--it was great because everything was a blur for us.

Very good massage. Felt so much better afterwards. Rosibel is very intuitive, and caring.read more

Rosibel is sincere, compassionate, knowledgeable, humble, experienced in several therapies, and…read morehighly skilled. She gives a relaxing and effective massage every time!

The owners of Gold Coast Doulas want to ensure that you have the best experience possible. They are…read moreworking hard and diligently to make sure they have a staff that can support each client.

My husband and I just took the Saturday series with Gold Coast Doulas, the classes were all so…read moreinformative and calmed my anxiety as a new mom! I am so happy we spent the time with their knowledgeable, certified, empathetic and friendly instructors. We learned so much in a day that we feel prepared as new parents and ready to tackle the late nights and early mornings ahead. I couldn't recommend these classes enough!!! Thank you Gold Coast Doulas!

Kayleigh is a godsend. That should say everything. But I will explain…read more.. We started this pregnancy at Cedars Sinai and at every point along the way, they used fear tactics to coax us into their plethora of tests. Words like stillborn. Constant reminder of risk of miscarriage. The reiterating that c-section might happen. why they lead with negative and treated my wife as a car to mechanically fix cause it was broken, baffled me and pissed me off. i felt angry and hopeless. We knew we needed help. I had read the Birth Partner and knew about the value of doulas and midwives. At just before 32 weeks, we interviewed Doulas. Kayleigh was the only one to come over and her energy and love was present from the moment we met her. I felt very vulnerable knowing I had failed to give my wife the experience of having Kayleigh sooner in the pregnancy experience. And grateful she was in our lives now. Considering the hospital charged our insurance almost $30,000 so far for exams, blood tests, genetic text, 2 ultrasounds, and an amniocentesis and we felt horrible about having a child. Kayleigh came over for free and told us how she could be there for us for the labor and a couple meetings before and for postpartum support...we felt human again. Not like a broken car. Pregnancy was treated as a blessing for the first time for us, not a disease to be treated. we found the Del Mar Birth Center and Mothership / Kayleigh Harrigan close to the 3rd trimester and switched over. This began our pleasant journey to a birth we never knew existed. It certainly never felt possible at Cedars and without an ally like Kayleigh. I'll speak of 1 story. We get to Del Mar Birth Center. It's 7am after a night of contractions. Sarah, my wife, exits the car and Kayleigh, who was there before us, held her. (Wearing a mask, cause now we were in the full blown Covid pandemic) without words, they swayed together and my wife had a contraction in the parking lot. She felt safe. She was calm. One of those most beautiful things I've ever seen. It was like Kayleigh spoke the language of birth. forget about that Kayleigh shot our birth photos and I was phone free. Forget about that Kayleigh helped guide me to best serve my wife during the labor. Forget about that Kayleigh held Sarah's hips together as she yelped "my back, my back!" she did it all with grace and ease. God bless this world for bringing Kayleigh into it. Thank you Kayleigh for being born. Thank you for making pregnancy and labor beautiful again. For making me feel confident to help my wife. For helping bring our beautiful boy Julian into this world. jonathan

This is a long-overdue review of Kayleigh's lovely service. If you are looking for a compassionate,…read morenon-biased, supportive doula, then Kayleigh is your go-to person. I say it from the perspective of being a minority and that none of my immediate circle of friends have hired a doula to assist their births. Adding a doula to my birth team is by far the best decision I have made. Here is how our story began. My husband and I were expecting our 2nd one in the midst of a raging pandemic. We don't have family around so the hospital policy limiting one person to accompany the birthing person urged us to search for a doula to support my birth while my husband staying home with our older one. As soon as we connected with Kayleigh, her energy calmed us down. We know at the moment that Kayleigh is the person we would want to be at birth. Kayleigh supported all the decisions we made as we pivoted to a home birth at 36 weeks. My goals were to have a VBAC and be with our older one throughout the birth. She provided the resources I needed from interviewing a midwife, a pain coping mechanism (boy did the mindful hypnobirthing work to ease the pain!), and a calming presence anchoring my birth. She was always there. Like many others have shared their birth stories, unfortunately, birth in the United States of America is highly controlled. Pregnancy is treated as a business despite the birthing family's wishes. Doctors and media filtered information that they want pregnant women to believe. I am so glad that we hired a doula who unravels many aspects of birth. Women can give birth without an epidural. Women can have a safe VBAC even in a home setting. All we women need is a firming voice that empowers us to make the decision that supports each of our unique families.

I highly recommend Amber as a skilled and knowledgable practitioner. I've worked with Amber for a…read morefew years and she is considerate, caring, knowledgeable and thinks of this entire journey holistically. Amber can support you on this journey and beyond. You can't afford to NOT work with her!

The thing I have always loved about Amber is that she is real and authentic and tells you how she…read morefeels which is such a powerful strength to have as a coach! She has a heart for helping others create a vision towards living their best and healthiest life and has inspired so many people to make themselves and their health a priority.