I had the good fortune of having Hilah as a doula during my son's birth. I had such a good…read moreexperience with her that my family hired her for an evening as a night doula. As first time parents it was wonderful to have her support the first week our son was home. She provided us with helpful tips for taking care of infants, allowed us to get a little more precious sleep, and was a calm and supportive presence. And finally I purchased one of Hilah's packages for postpartum massage. Hilah is a gifted practitioner. Plus she comes to your home, which is amazing. I won't have been able to make it out those first couple of hectic weeks. Having a child is a huge transition and having access to Hilah's expertise and care was a wonderful experience!

My husband and I interviewed quite a few doulas before we met Hila. Hilas warm presence and calm…read moredemeanor instantly put us at ease with her. I was suffering from sciatica during my second trimester and Hila gave me a prenatal massage which helped immensely with my pain. She has gentle hands with just the right amount of pressure. We called Hila during my early stages of labor and she came right away. I was having intense pressure in my lower back which she pressed firmly during her contractions. She has really strong hands! She kept me calm and had wonderful suggestions including getting in the bath and keeping my moaning low which kept me more grounded during the more intense parts. She was with me every step of the way during my beautiful homebirth and held my leg up as I pushed our 10.4 pound baby out into the world. I truly feel grateful for her reassuring and helpful presence at my birth. I could not have asked for a better experience or a more loving doula. My postpartum recovery went so smoothly because of Hila. She went above and beyond the call of duty. She came the day after the birth and brought me chinese herbs to help the healing process. She also gave me THE most relaxing neck and shoulder massage that helped my sore post-birth body. In addition, she went out of her way to get me a belly band from the store which really helped bring my stomach back together. She kept in touch with me throughout the most vulnerable period of time in a new mothers life-the first couple months. She was THE most valuable person at my birth ( dont tell my husband I said that,;) but its true) and I will forever feel grateful to her for making me feel so nurtured and cared for during the most tender time in a womans life. I HIGHLY recommend her.

My youngest daughter was came into this world with the skillful and loving guidance of Cindy and…read moreJulia. I can't say enough good things about both the care our whole family received from Tres Lunas. I felt completely supported throughout the whole process. Perhaps my favorite part of the whole experience was the antenatal care. It was so wonderful to be home, in my own space, for the follow up visits for me and baby. I highly recommend

Our experience with Cindy & Julia was amazing and my home birth incredibly empowering, beautiful,…read morenatural, and sacred. Everything we hoped it would be, due largely in part to their loving support! Ultimately choosing a midwife is a super personal decision, of course, and Tres Lunas was just such a good fit for us. Julia was in training to be a midwife when we got pregnant, so we originally connected with Cindy. Some of the points below relate to her directly (though Julia was great too and actually ended up delivering our baby girl!). Here are some of the things we really appreciated: They are conservative in a way that made us feel safe (my husband especially who was initially unsure about home birth and came to trust Cindy implicitly). I knew that if it ended up that I needed to transfer to a hospital I would not feel like I "failed" at the home birth, and that they would become my advocates in the hospital setting. They offer guidance when requested but mostly they present you with the facts and statistics so that you are empowered to make your own decisions. They create a completely non-judgmental space for you to guide your birth as well as your pregnancy (ie: decisions about what tests to take during pregnancy, etc) They come to your house after about 32 weeks for home visits (right around the time you no longer want to really be driving around and dealing with things). Some midwives don't make home visits at all, but I think it's really important for them to visit you in your space and get comfortable in the environment where you'll be having your baby. During the actual birth experience, they radiated calm, quiet, support and strength. They are intuitive about what you need (though you also have a lengthy pre-birth team meeting to lay out your intentions and wishes), and know when it's important to be present and when to recede silently into the background. They were so instrumental to my having a smooth experience, and yet they were unobtrusive enough for my husband and I to feel like we birthed our baby on our own. THE AFTER CARE! This part was something I had hardly thought about when choosing my midwife, but the love, care, and attention that Cindy & Julia showed us after our baby was born way exceeded our expectations. First of all, they made us quesadillas and scrambled eggs to nourish ourselves after our daughter was born!! It was so unbelievable and lovely to just get to be at home, enjoying my baby, after laboring all night, and having this amazing breakfast served to me in bed. Then in the days after her birth when my milk didn't come in and she was jaundiced and we were so raw and stressed and emotional and full of love and fear and just everything, they came in and checked on us and weighed her and reassured us. The gratitude we felt for them during this time is something I will always remember.

I came to Kathy to help heal episodic urinary issues that my urologist determined were…read morepsychosomatic, not physical complications. My therapist recommended I find a Holistic Pelvic Care therapist to align with my current spiritual and mind/body connection journey. Kathy's approach and protocols were immediately helpful. I am permanently cured of my episodic urinary issues. Unexpectedly but gratefully, I am also now more intimately connected to my pelvic bowl and the Divine Feminine. I am a childfree woman and would recommend Holistic Pelvic Floor care for everyone (men and women), even if they feel they might not have a reason other than self-care, increasing mind/body connection, or general health & wellness. After four Pelvic Floor sessions, I continued with several hypnotherapy sessions to heal my inner child/children and protector parts; to find more flow and ease in everyday life. I found her hypnotherapy approach (Ancestral Soul Retrieval) to be nearly identical to Internal Family Systems (IFS) work, which I was very familiar with. My hypnotherapy sessions were astoundingly productive and healing. I did not expect so much information to come up in such a short amount of time and without plant medicines (though I found many similarities). I came to each session with a specific intention, which was essential for my quick progress. I was able to connect with, heal and integrate four specific young parts who were stuck in the past with much shame and guilt. I continue to work with them and they are still healed; I appreciate that this healing work seems permanent almost a year later. I plan to go back to Kathy in a few months to work through and heal ancestor or past-lives energy. I found Kathy to be kind, warm, welcoming, helpful, understanding, non-judgmental, and wise. She also has a good sense of humor! I am grateful to have found someone I can trust and open up to in new ways; different than the therapy I had been working with before Kathy. The care and attention I received from her through Pelvic Care and Hypnotherapy was an integral part of my healing. I would recommend Kathy to everyone; all of us would benefit from a supportive, wise, healing environment to work through stuck energy.

Similar to some of the positive reviews here, I've been working with Kathy off and on for some…read moretime. First in hypnotherapy for general mental health, then for doula classes ahead of our first baby, and most recently for acupuncture to address some joint and lower body pains. It's wonderful to see Kathy apply her different learnings and disciplines to her growing repertoire of offerings. She is so caring, and creates a safe environment to explore. Like someone else noted, I also agree, Kathy is an extraordinary healer and guide who has helped open up some energy both physically and emotionally. Most recently I started visiting Kathy for joint pains in my hands, but a little later my lower back went out and she helped me with cupping, healing touch, and acupuncture. (She made an urgent house call and with cupping, needles, and lots of care, helped me get through the pain so I could finish the day filled with some important investor presentations!) After months of calm, I recently went back because of some resurfacing lower back and primarily glut pain. We reviewed my supplements and herbal medicine plan, but then during practice she noted in addition to physical strains, I could be really holding something emotionally which was triggering the pain. Her observation led me to realize some things right there on the bed, and she helped guide me through some release - it was magical. I'm going back to continue the acupuncture, but also layer in some hypnotherapy to better help release some of the emotionally induced physical tension that's causing so much pain.

Denise is a wise, friendly, respectful woman who made therapy super non-threatening for a…read morefirst-time user. I looked around and read reviews on berkeley parents network as well, but am so happy to have found her. She has helped me make so much more sense out of all the big transitions in my life as a new mom!

Attentive and kind. Dr. VanRemoorter takes her time and is…read morevery attentive. I appreciate her willingness to hear me out even if we had differences of opinion. I believe you're in good care with her. She's is my OBGYN and did my prenatal care. I ended up having an out of hospital birth but I am so thankful for her during and after my pregnancy.

Was looking for a gynecologist in the East Bay area. Took a chance on Dr. Van Remoortere. Great…read morechoice! She did not rush me. Asked all the questions one would expect. Had a great bed side manner and was all around pleasant. Even returned my call within hours when I had a question. Highly recommend those needing a GYN or OB.

Dr. Kittams was absolutely magical with my baby. I actually met him for the first time when he came…read morein to our room at the hospital to meet our newborn. I had planned to go to his office for a consultation during my pregnancy, but I was put on strict bed rest and never made it in. He was definitely a happy surprise. He spent almost more time cooing at Libby and playing with her than he did actually examining her. He explained everything very thoroughly and answered all of our milliion questions. Libby always seemed to relax with him so it made all of our visits so much easier. I really wish I could have taken him with us when we left Berkeley.

We LOVE Kristen!!! We interviewed 3 midwives in our search and picked Kristen because she is a…read morecompetent nurse (has the technical skills) and also so compassionate and down to earth. She has a lot of experience and that was clear the whole way through. On the rare occasions when she didn't know the answer to a question, she would investigate and get back to us. (My wife and I are writing this together.) Her visits to our home were relaxed and really informative. We didn't realize that we even had so many questions, and she would just talk with us and they would come up. She has great diagrams and handouts the whole way along that helped us understand exactly what we'd gotten ourselves into. The birth plan meeting was great and she facilitated all 5 people we invited, getting them ready for anything. She loaned us DVDs and books the whole way through so that by the time of the first contraction, we felt ready and confident that it would all go well. The labor was everything we hoped. We called Kristen in the morning and calmly assessed the situation, coming over while I was still in the beginning stages of labor. She talked with us and we laughed and walked the house together like old friends. She has a real knack for making me feel comfortable and reminding me to listen to my body. She was completely present when the going got tough, reminding me to breathe in a way that didn't make me crazy. Her midwife assist, Eva, was also a gem. At one point the baby's heart rate went down for awhile and she gave me oxygen and showed me how to help bring it back up. It worked like a charm. When his head seemed stuck, she was an amazing cheerleader and after about 90 minutes of pushing in our bed, I delivered the most wonderful, healthy baby boy. The aftercare has been great too. My mom was so impressed with how she checked in with my emotional as well as physical state. She has taken great care of us the whole way through. Did we mention she teaches prenatal yoga, and is a lactation specialist, and a part time school nurse, and speaks Spanish, and, and, and!?! Also, we're a queer couple and she of course was wonderful and open to that, asking all the right questions with a confusing extended family. We hope to have another child someday and would most definitely ask Kristin to midwife it into the world. See was wonderful in a million ways. We could write another 3 paragraphs why, but the baby's up and we're off to enjoy him! Good luck with your search. You won't go wrong with Kristen. (ps. read the filtered reviews!)

My husband and I always knew that we wanted to have a home birth so, practically the day after I…read morefound out I was pregnant, I started researching midwives around the Bay Area. I arranged to meet with four midwives, Kristen being the last one and, almost immediately after our interview, we knew we had found our midwife! Kristen fit everything we were looking for. She is warm and friendly, very trustworthy, extremely well qualified and very open about her policy of transparency through honesty in every aspect of her care. We started prenatal care so early on in my pregnancy (11 weeks) and, because of that, Kristen was the only provider I saw throughout the entire time. The care she gave was amazing and I can't imagine having seen anyone else. For each visit, Kristen came to our home and spent time discussing the medical/physical aspects of pregnancy as well as the emotional and mental experiences we were going through. She never judged or belittled our questions and was always open to answering them fully with her own knowledge, PDF articles and the books or DVDs from her own library that she lent us. Everything was so comprehensive that we really felt like we were in control of our birth process and the decisions surrounding it. Kristen really emphasized that we were a team and active participants in our birth and that we were as responsible in our learning and preparation as she was in monitoring the growth and development of our baby and my body. That shared responsibility, and the homework and exercises Kristen gave us along the way, really gave us the means to grow both as a couple and as new parents-to-be going through this experience for the first time. Kristen was extremely flexible with our needs throughout. While she recommended certain diagnostic tests, she never forced her opinion on us. She gave us the information and allowed us to come to our own conclusion about what tests and procedures we wanted to have done. Kristen also readily accepted and encouraged a lot of partner participation. This meant that she was flexible in changing around her schedule to meet with us when my husband was home from work. Those times were extremely necessary in making sure that he was as prepared as I was for what was to come. Finally, there was never a doubt that we could always reach Kristen whenever we needed her. We always had options of getting in contact, whether it was an emergency or just a quick question. That level of availability was invaluable. For my birth, Kristen was so calm and supportive. She refocused my breathing so that I could easily birth my baby and made me feel safe and secure throughout the whole process. The immediate postpartum was precious and Kristen made sure to take care of me and my baby while still respecting the new family bonding time. Postpartum care has been equally as wonderful with Kristen monitoring my healing process, the baby's growth and our transition into parenthood. She helped us troubleshoot breastfeeding issues in the very beginning, showed Papa how to properly burp his new bundle and offered suggestions for diaper rash and all sorts of other first-time parent woes. While I could go on and on about everything we love about Kristen, the bottom-line is that she was the best choice for us personally and for the birth we wanted. We love her dearly and have come to regard her as more than a midwife; she is a friend. There is no doubt that, when baby #2 is on their way, I will make sure Kristen is there to see that baby come into the world. We are so grateful that such a beautiful, caring, gentle, qualified midwife was with us when our little girl made her debut.

My mom is in 80s, went into ER a few times, needing an in-home nurse to do PleurX draining. I had…read morespent some time online to search someone who can come over weekend. Finally, I called Lena, she knows right away what I need. She came, did all the paperwork, and started the draining. Lena is very personable, responsible, and experienced nurse who had a reasonable rate and compatible schedule. She made the process very quick and easy. I highly recommend Lena/In home recovery for anyone who needs help at home - for a senior or after surgery. You won't have to call anyone else.

Lena was kind, accommodating, and efficient. My dad is afraid of needles/blood so she was extra…read morecomforting and also willing to listen to him and I banter while we waited for our drips. Would recommend her for anyone looking for in home IV therapy.