Amazing, invaluable, kind, caring, patient, knowledgeable, experienced, supportive... These are…read morejust a few words to describe Jennifer Cole's Doula Services. As a dad-to-be, I watched videos on hypnobirthing, attended child birthing classes, and read books on how to guide my wife through labor when the big day comes. Well, the big day came (3 weeks early), and all of that valuable information became scrambled and fragmented. My wife was in the hospital for 15-hours before the baby arrived. I was running out of ideas on how to comfort her. Luckily, Jennifer came to the rescue. She arrived at 9am and was with us every step of the way up until our evening delivery. She was constantly massaging the right pressure points to ease pain, assisting with more comfortable positioning options, and was extremely helpful during the pushing process (among millions of other things she did)! She even emailed us a birthing timeline a few days after. Pretty cool when you don't remember much because everything became a blur. From a SO's point of view a doula is worth everything! Especially if you're having your first child and don't quite know what to expect. And trust me when I say it, Jennifer's one of the best. Thank you Jennifer!

After consulting with a various doulas, I loved the genuine feeling I got from Jennifer and the…read morelove for her work as a doula. At the time my husband and I were taking hypno babies classes and Jennifer became certified as a hypno doula during that time to gain more understanding and assist us as best as possible. During our meet ups I definitely felt supported and all the motherly support that came with her personality. She also, helped my husband understand how he could best support me which really helped us connect better. The days following, the birth of our pregnancy took a different and unexpected turn. After my water broke, I called Jennifer that the time was getting close. I did my best to relax on my own when surges came through. When she finally arrived I truly felt a different level of peace. At one point I could say the surges felt blissful. Unfortunately, we ended up in the hospital for other reasons. Even after the birth Jennifer checked up on us to make sure we were doing good. I know she is just the right person for this job. I was going through emotional swings after birth and she is equipped the so many amazing resources that she shared with us. I would love for any mamas out there to get in touch with this lovely lady and experience the best birthing experience possible no matter what. I am forever grateful.

Do not hesitate to choose Perri as your doula! She is super supportive, knowledgeable and…read moreresourceful. I am active duty military and my partner does not live locally, Perri came to all my prenatal appointments so that I would not feel alone. She is well known and connected in the San Diego area so if you have any special or unique needs she can help. For example, my baby was originally breech and she recommended a fantastic turning babies practitioner. I also struggled postpartum with my milk supply, she was able to put me in contact with a really good and mobile lactation specialist. Whether you are delivering at balboa or at a birthing center, Perri will be with you providing guidance every step of the way!

I am so grateful that I met Sandy and hired her as my doula for the birth of my baby girl She made…read moreme feel so safe during the whole birth process and was truly such a blessing! Sandy have a very calming presence and energy, she got me in the right headspace every step of the way. Her knowledge, kindness, and witty personality made my birthing process a truly amazing, beautiful, and empowering experience. I only have the best things to say about Sandy, I would love to have her present for my next baby (whenever that will be.) 10/10 communication, 10/10 helpfulness, 10/10 respectful. She is such an incredible person and doula. I absolutely love her!

This woman is highly unprofessional and rude in a situation that really demands a gentle touch and…read moreempathy. We are a mixed couple and this didnt seem to matter to her as she insted on talking about how great donald trump is. I tried to gently tell her to stop and she said i was "indoctrinated" by my liberal education. The situation was a nightmare and one we could not get out of. Please dont make the same mistake we did.

Celesta is the best there is at what she does in San Diego. As a husband who was not familiar with…read morehome birth, the prospect seemed harrowing. However, the wealth of knowledge and abundance of concern shown by Celesta and her birth assistants was more than enough to make me comfortable with her. She does more than deliver children, she is an educator. Many people, for whom home birth is not the right option, often feel uncomfortable with the myriad of topics that can come up when choosing a midwife. However, this is because the concern is wellness and education for a mother and her child. This concern goes beyond birth and is one of the reasons why Celesta has so many repeat customers and referrals. Make sure to reserve her time well in advance as she is in high demand. Because of the level of care provided, midwifes often take relatively few clients as opposed to traditional doctors. Many of them are often on retainer for this reason. Pay it, it is worth it ! She is not just collecting a fee, she is reserving a time to be there for your family. My wife and I hope to use Celesta for all our home births in the future. She is a blessing to families who wish to deliver children in this way.

Caitlin was my doula last year and she was so helpful throughout my entire pregnancy! She's very…read moreknowledgeable and supportive! I ended up going late and she helped me make an informed decision about when/if to schedule my induction and was supportive of very step of the way. Would absolutely use her again :D

Caitlin was my doula for my second birth and I'm so happy I found her. From the start she was very…read morecomforting and helpful. I felt at ease with her and her laid back attitude but very confident in her ability to assist me before, during, and after the birth. I contacted her throughout the week and days leading up to when my son was born which was invaluable. She gave me tips for progressing labor, as well as general support. When it was time to head to the hospital, Caitlin met us there ready to help. Her calming, soothing presence was so welcomed by me and she helped us make educated decisions throughout labor. If I decide to have another baby, Caitlin will be the first doula I call.

Marli was the lead midwife on call of my birth team when I went into labor. She exceeded my…read moreexpectations. You can tell she is very experienced and comfortable around birth. She was a sure and steady, but never obtrusive presence. I knew she was there if I needed anything and she was kind of like a stealth ninja, helping out and monitoring while I just wanted to zone out. I planned a water birth and spent a good while in the water, but my baby got stuck on my perineum for hours. Marli was never pushy, but would give suggestions for positions to try or thing that might help. She was good about making sure I had my cold washcloth switched out often, which definitely gave her bonus angel points because I'm pretty sure ice cold washcloths are what got me through labor. My labor did end up requiring a couple minor interventions, and knowing how rarely my birth team used these interventions I had no issue agreeing to them, because I trusted their judgement. I knew I was in competent hands with Marli and that my baby and I would be okay. I look back at my home birth happily because I felt my body, opinions, and baby were cared about and respected. We had a very successful, awesome birth thanks to Marli! We would 100% trust Marli with the birth of our child again!

Marli was the perfect addition to our midwife team for the home birth of our son James. Every…read moreinteraction was positive and she made our entire family feel at ease. For such an intimate life event I wouldn't have picked two better people then Marli and Nicole. Marli was confident in her approach while still allowing us to feel in control of our decisions during the process. She also happens to be an AWESOME person. And I am very lucky she was there to care for me and my baby as we worked together to bring him into the world. I am forever grateful and hold such wonderful memories of the entire experience start to finish. Thank you Marli!!!

Wanted to share my experience with L&D hospital During my…read more5day stay, I want to start off with giving thanks to all the nurses they all hero's with invisible capes ! But wants to also give thanks to Sigrid, Sara, & Pamela, they gave me the best labor experience, very attentive, and very helpful during my stay, these nurses made my delivery experience very very meaningful, Sigrid explained everything very well with meditations & gave me a run down of how labor/induction was going to go, Sara made my labor go quicker & was very attentive and did her best to check on me frequently, Pamela was the highlight of my hospital stay, she did an amazing job/service, and made me feel very comfortable & confident, she guided me through my 3 hour push for baby, she made my delivery experience go smooth for me being a first time mom. I will choose this hospital again and again for the future!

If you are a elderly senior this isn't the place for to go too, their medical staffs when you get…read moreadmitted are rude and self serving when you get admitted, they have weird ways in dealing with their patients the nurses talk down to you they find it funny in how they treat you and don't tell the family when and how a patient got bruised and scrapes on both f their hands and arms they scan your call and visitors and when they don't like who calling they keep on hold for very long time they even have main operator lying as well by claiming this patient is not in our systems and make it sound like I said the wrong name when calling after 3 times repeated his name and spelling his name to them they are very unprofessional and territorial so don't get on their bad side by asking them questions why he strapped down , why his cell phone taken from him and where did those injuries on both of hands and arms came from several nurses said they didn't know how he got them and he has been in their care for 8days now and they keeping my friend against his will and they got a mental doctor involved because they claim he hit a nurse and truth was that he wanted to go home and the nurse kept pulling at him and he accidentally must have hit her not sure where she got hit anyway bcuz of that the mental doctor was called and tom couldn't speak bcuz they gave him anxiety medication to calm in reality the doctor did not evaluate him correctly bcuz he was under medication influence and stated he was was unfit to make his own medical decisions they are violating his rights by closes off his relationship to his closes friends and family no visit and no calls they are monitoring his every moves and shutting him down from receiving calls and visits. I don't know if anyone has experience this kind of treatment at this hospital. They are treating my friend with little respect and basically trying to get him awarded to the state for what? His family and friends are here in San Diego except one son lives out of town they are telling half truth about his health condition and are trying very hard to get him in a long term care bcuz of how they feel about him they are vindictive and not unprofessional in how they are treating my dear friend at this hospital they have other interior motives I just not sure what they are trying to achieve with him and why he's being treated as child an not as adult. I don't trust this hospital and some of their staff on site PS. They replied and said they will release him after they break his spirit and he surrender to their authority. What kind of treatment do you call this? I never referred anyone to go there and I hope never have to be seen there. People we are living in the last days as the Bible speaks about man intent. EVIL .....Patients are just a number and a checkbook to them when they use up all your resources in your health plan your life span may not have value to them neither something to think about ,,,, call it .....Greed !!!!

I contacted Elena to setup an appointment. I was told she was available Thursday at 12pm. I…read moreaccepted. I showed up to an empty lobby at 11:50. I heard some talking behind a closed door, so assumed her previous session was running long. I waited patiently for nearly 40 more minutes. When the people speaking behind the door came out, it was a woman who shares the office and does eyelashes. She said Elena wasn't in the office and got a hold of her for me. Elena didn't schedule my appointment and said she wouldn't be able to take me today. This was unacceptable to me and no way to run a business. If you drop the ball this badly and make someone waste nearly an hour of their time, you bend over backwards to correct the situation. I will definitely not be returning or referring anyone after my experience here.

Elena has helped me with my Tendinitis and Fibromyalgia for about 4 years now. Acupuncture has…read morehelped me not depend on all the meds the doctors have prescribed over the years. I still take them every now and then but the hope is that one day I wont need them at all since the meds are killing my kidneys. Elena has such a great understanding of what points to hit depending on how I have been feeling. Its like magic... she finds the spot and goes to work. The Acupuncture and the occasional Moxa, Cupping or Gua Sha have all worked wonders. I highly recommend Elena and her Radiant Hands. Just remember to "do the work" aka Take it Easy afterward so your energy can settle and the pain will release itself.

This class was amazing. Emilie is one of the most caring people. She taught me so many necessary…read morethings to prepare for child birth. She is funny and made me feel seen and heard.

I have known Emilie for a couple of years through church. She was an extremely trusted and…read morerecommended birth educator and doula from my friends. I had read the Hynobirthing book before the labor for my first child. I did not connect with techniques, they felt too "heady" and like they were trying to ignore the immense amount of pressure I was feeling in my body during labor. Those methods lasted about 1 hour in my labor, then I was like, "If you ask me to envision another ocean wave I will slap you!" ... Needless to say, I knew going into labor #2 with our next babe I needed to do something different. Emilie taught Bradley Method (I think she is teaching something slightly different now?) at the time (2017). My husband and I decided to attend her class in Kearny Mesa for many weeks (was it 10? 12? It's all blurry now haha!). What I LOOOOOOOVED about Emilie is she is confident in her birth knowledge, so she swayed slightly from the 90's Bradley Method book that desperately needed some updates. AND she also combined some of the more natural techniques that swung closer to hypnobirthing, included some labor videos, and brought in previous clients, midwives, and nurses for questions. She acknowledged the immense amount of pressure/pain during labor, and didn't call it something else. I NEEDED that acknowledgment. YES, labor is SO HARD. And Emilie knows that. Yet she so brilliantly taught us techniques to labor well. I think the best shift for me was the practice of the techniques in and out of her class. She made sure we practiced at least 10 minutes a day. Doing that from week 28 of pregnancy till labor-- I felt equipped. My second labor was AMAZING. I knew how to labor without exhausting myself. I was equipped with a rebozo that felt right for my height- which I only knew because I had so much time to practice with different ones during Emilie's course. I learned how to communicate to my husband without making him feel like a failure. My husband learned how to be hands on when I wanted him to, and how to serve hands off when I needed to be in my head. He learned methods like head squeezing, gentle squeezes on a wet wash cloth consistently running down my back during contractions, how to position himself to hold my full body weight on the rebozo and not hurt his back, he learned how to track my labor progress by sight without asking me any questions of where I was at, and so much more. I highly recommend Emilie's services, in whatever capacity you desire. Doula, birth educator, advice, etc.