I highly recommend Munira to any family looking for a loving doula in the early days with a new baby. She was our night doula three times a week for our daughter's first 8 weeks, and she made an even bigger difference than we expected. As first-time parents, we were in the dark about a lot. She taught my husband and me so many things: swaddling, feeding, working through gas to avoid colic, baths, bedtime routines, and so much more. She did everything with patience and kind reassurance. She also helped lay the groundwork for good sleep from Day 1, which was extremely important to us. By six weeks, our newborn was sleeping 6-7 hours consistently. I truly value how much she helped me. She supported me with breastfeeding, improving my milk supply, and my own recovery, and she pitched in with baby laundry and getting us organized, which took a lot off our plates. On her nights I actually slept, and over time I built more confidence in my own capabilities. She's the main reason I have felt calm instead of anxious through this huge life change. She's warm, non-judgmental, and deeply knowledgeable. She fit naturally into our home and felt like family right away. We are going to miss her a lot. I feel incredibly lucky to have had her and will never forget the impact she has had in such a short time. 5 stars doesn't come close. read more

Munira took care of our son and was our night doula from the day he was born up to 8 weeks old. She took such great care of him and of us. Having her was such a game changer for our nights and a wonderful and comforting experience. Having the help at night meant we could show up as our best selves for our toddler and baby the next day. I can't recommend her enough! read more

Munira is a godsend for postpartum mothers. She helped us for four weeks in the first month with each of our children. I've hired her again because she is simply the best! She is also an amazing human being. I enjoyed so many nights together chatting while I was breastfeeding or pumping. Munira feels like a mother for the new mother and has a plethora of knowledge in the field. I learned a lot from her in our time together and feel much more supported going into motherhood with #2. Can't believe we won't be working with her anymore because I will miss her a great deal. Do yourself a favor and hire Munira. read more

Munira is one of a kind. I can't say enough amazing things about her. Her guidance, support and advice was invaluable with our newborn twins-- she is a true pro. She is so passionate about her job and knows all the tricks of the trade-- Her expertise is top notch. She has such a calm, beautiful presence that put our babies and us at ease. She was also always very punctual and responsive. If we could have, we would have extended our time with her another couple months. We're so nervous to conquer these nights without her, but she truly set us up for success and we feel so much more confident than we did a few weeks ago. Our 10 week old twins are sleeping so well during the night and it's all due to her. Needless to say, I highly recommend her! read more

Munira was our doula for a couple of months with our newborn baby. She was the best, most helpful, loving human with the baby. She felt like family and always went above and beyond to help with whatever we needed. Can't reccomend working with her enough. We're going to miss her dearly! read more

Munira joined us as our night doula from Day 1 when we came home from the hospital, and for the past 6 weeks she has been nothing short of incredible. From the moment she arrived, she brought a calm, capable presence into our home, quickly becoming an essential part of our postpartum journey. Her experience and love for our baby made it easy for us to be peaceful and trust our baby with her at night. She truly took care of our baby like her own. She took the initiative to organize our baby's drawers and essentials, making everything easily accessible during those exhausting early nights. Munira cared for our baby with such attentiveness and love--it felt like she understood her needs instantly. Within a very short time, she got to know our baby so well and shared countless helpful tips and tricks that made a real difference to us in reading our baby's cues quickly. As first time parents, there seems to be countless decisions to be made, and Munira brought her experience and realistic opinions to help us make those decisions. That in itself saved us lots of time in research. Also, a big achievement for her was her effortless way of sleep training our baby from day1. From Day 1 our baby has been sleeping at nights in the bassinet and over time, she has been getting longer and longer stretches of sleep at night, which would not have been possible without Munira. Bath time and baby massage with Munira became a special routine--our baby absolutely adored it. Her gentle hands and soothing voice made those baths a moment of joy and relaxation for our little one. On a personal note, Munira also supported me directly--when I experienced physical pain or discomfort, she kindly gave me massages that were not only thoughtful, but incredibly relieving. Also, I am immensely grateful to have had her to help with my breastfeeding journey. She gave lots of tips on how to improve milk supply and showed me different breastfeeding holds. She is also extremely resourceful and always finds ways to repurpose what is available at home to help the baby and minimizes on unnecessary amazon purchases. Breastfeeding journey can be hard and having her stand by me every time we were troubleshooting something helped greatly. We are deeply grateful for Munira's care, guidance, and warmth. Anyone lucky enough to work with her is truly in the best of hands. read more

Munira was the backup doula to the primary doula that we hired (this is our first baby), but we ended up getting to work with her once a week. She was nothing short of amazing, she created such a calm atmosphere in our home. When our baby would be crying in the evening and we had no idea what to do, she would come in and the baby would instantly calm down--you could tell she loved Munira a lot. Munira would provide us with all sorts of tips across topics like breastfeeding and sleep training, etc. We would always feel so excited knowing that Munira would be coming over to our house to help. On top of this she would even make us food--she made us soup, oats, + brought us all sorts of fruits! We love working with her and highly recommend new mother/family to work with her. read more

We're new parents and we're so lucky to have Munira as night time doula for our baby. She's caring and loving for both the baby and me the new mom. She provided high quality care for the baby, taught us a lot of skills and techniques, and helped us to transit to the parent role more smoothly. Munira really loves the baby. I feel her love every time she came in. She always held and talked to the baby gently. I can see that my baby feels safe and happy in her hands. Munira understands my babies needs so well. She understands my baby's language -- what each sound and cue means. She responds to my baby's needs with love and high quality care. We trust her and always feel assured when she's here. Munira is not the "textbook" type. She believes that every baby is unique, and it's better to listen to what the baby is telling us than simply following the textbook. It turns out that this philosophy works great for our baby. Munira set up a sleeping schedule for the baby. She's very experienced in newborn situations such as gas, reflux, rashes, etc. We learned lots of techniques to help the baby. Munira is highly responsive at daytime too. One day, my baby was having more gas than he usually does and feeling painful. I texted Munira and she called back. She guided me through what to do, and gave suggestions on my food intake to reduce baby's gas. (Because I'm breastfeeding) She's there when we need help. Munira gave me tons of mental support. I had a traumatic experience with my previous pregnancy. When I had my video interview with Munira, I felt her supportive heart and I could open my heart and talk about this experience. I felt comforted talking with her and I immediately knew this is someone I could trust. When she was taking care of the baby, she also cared a lot about me. I feel blessed to have her to help us. read more

Munira was an absolute blessing during the challenging early days of parenthood. Her nurturing presence, practical assistance, and wealth of knowledge provided invaluable support to our family for my first two months of postpartum. To me, she offered emotional support and guidance on self-care. She always cheered me up, saying I had already done an excellent job of nursing the baby, introducing tools to help reduce belly fat, etc. She also guided breastfeeding, including amazing breast massages and how to increase the milk supply, especially the conversation on the decision between breast milk and formula and how much formula we should feed the baby. Her expertise fostered a positive and successful nursing experience and made my postpartum more peaceful. She is knowledgeable about how to take care of babies. She helped our baby get rid of jaundice within the first week. Also, she taught us a lot of techniques like dream feeding and extending the baby's sleep at night. By the end of month 2, our baby's sleep stretched to 5+ hours. Her gentle and practical approach to sleep training our newborn helped establish healthy sleep patterns and gave us much-needed rest. She is still our go-to person whenever we have questions about our baby, even after her service period. I highly recommend her to new parents seeking compassionate, knowledgeable, hands-on assistance post-birth. read more

I am a mom of a 2-month old, and I have to say that having Munira worked with us for the last 2 months was the greatest decision we've made for both us as parents, and the baby. She was professional, experienced, calm and responsible, and with her help, we were a lot more confident to embark our parenthood journey ahead. Munira was not 'following recipes' when taking care of our child, because she believed that every child is different, so she strategized. At the beginning, she strategized our child's weight gain process and she worked very hard to set up the right feed agenda for us to follow. She also taught us on how to monitor our child's reaction on the milk and how to feed more to help better growth of the baby. When she knew that our child was gaining weight successfully she was even more thrilled than us. The whole weight-gaining process was a great team project. The other big 'team project' we did together was sleep train. She set up timetables for us every night and she patiently explained how the baby has been progressing through the training. By the end of the second month, our baby was able to sleep 4+ hours at night without interruption, which is great for baby's brain development and our own sleep :) Besides these major 'projects', Munira was also amazing at things such as giving baths and baby massages. Our baby almost never cried when taking baths (instead, she has been enjoying taking bath so much!) and I think Munira should take most of the credit as she has been providing her with warm and soothing baths from the very first time. Furthermore, she not only gave great massages to the baby, but also trained both my husband and I of the massages so now we are able to give the baby good massages ourselves, too! Last but not least, Munira was also able to give plenty of excellent advice on my postpartum recovery and milk supply. She also provided great massages to me (believe me, those massages felt incredible!) to help shrink my belly and strength my muscles. At the end we were so sad to say goodbye to her, and I believe our baby is feeling the same way. She is gold! And we are so grateful to have her. read more

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Munira was absolutely fantastic as our night doula! She is incredibly knowledgeable about all aspects of a newborns life and offers ideas about how we can make the whole parenting experience better. We were very lucky to have found her and looking forward to working with her again in the future! read more

We were referred to Munira by close friends that worked with her for both their babies and they could not say enough good things about her. Long story short... she was a miracle worker!! This was our third child and we had never needed night help before, so we had not planned in advance. Luckily Munira was able to fit us in to her schedule for a few days a week on short notice. Her presence is so calming, I was immediately comfortable with her. She had practical advice to help us get the baby sleeping, deal with his gassiness, boost my milk supply and most importantly, allowed us to sleep at night while completely confident that our baby was in the best of care. I would highly recommend Munira to my best friend or a family member. read more

Munira is, simply put, the best of the best. She is truly a baby whisperer, with an incredible intuition and feel for what a baby needs, combined with decades of experience caring for newborns. She is so loving, warm and calm, and she is also a consummate professional. She loves babies, she loves her work as a doula, and she gives it her all. I will be forever grateful for the love and care she gave our baby boy during the first four months of his life, and also for everything she taught me as a first-time mother. As soon as I was pregnant with my second baby, Munira was the first person I called so I could book her immediately, and we were so fortunate to have her help again with our baby girl. Here are just a few of the wonderful things Munira did for us: Baby Massage & Bathing: Munira is amazing at baby massage and baby baths, which were very calming to our son, and also helped immensely with his gas. Breastfeeding Advice: She coached me on breastfeeding, which was invaluable and really helped me get baby's feedings off to a great start. She's better than a lactation consultant, because she was able to look at what I was doing every time I fed, and give me little pointers for adjustment, night after night, until both baby and I figured it out. Sleep Training: Munira did an incredible job sleep training both our babies. She was able to sleep train them naturally, without us having to leave them crying. They didn't cry even one night. It was just this magical, gradual progression of them sleeping through the night. Munira is magic! Organization: Munira also kept our nursery well-organized and clean, did the laundry, and recommended the right products for us to buy (and what not to buy so we don't waste our money on things we don't need) as our baby progressed through various stages. I cannot say enough good things about Munira. She is like an angel who blessed our babies' first days of life. She was so in-tune with what our babies needed at each stage, and she kept them happy and healthy. She was a wise, comforting presence in our house during the "fourth trimester", and I cannot imagine having done this without her. We are sad our time with her is coming to an end. Our entire family loves her and we all miss her very much! read more

How lucky we were to have Munira care for our baby boy! She went above and beyond to support us during our first months as parents. She taught us so much. During our first weeks she helped with lactation, helping me get my milk supply up with food she made. After our baby's belly button healed she showed us how to bathe him. Then later in our time together we worked on sleep and getting our baby to sleep longer stretches. She showed the right products to buy and lots of tips and tricks. She is a true gem. We feel so lucky to have had her as part of our parenting journey. We felt so much more prepared with her guidance. Hire her right away! read more

Munira is the GOAT (greatest of all time!). She was our doula with our first child and when I found out I was pregnant again, I immediately messaged her to reserve the dates to have her support us for our second child. She was there for us immediately when we came home from the hospital and allowed me to have peace of mind during our first few nights at home. Even after 3 years, it was like no time had passed and we automatically got into our groove with each other. She even remembered our first born's birthday and brought him a cake and gifts. She is like family and that the best thing you could ask for when someone is watching over your child and supporting you through the most important days of your life. I have recommended Munira to all my expecting friends and every single person who has hired her has had an amazing experience. You can see my original review of Munira with my first child here: https://www.yelp.com/biz/doulas-by-the-bay-san-francisco?hrid=k7RaZea-bl5nxNL5MO53kQ&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) read more

My husband and I hired Munira to take care of our son for one month. She is incredibly gifted at working with newborns. My son always was comfortable and happy with her. Her care also helped ensure he rapidly gained weight and became accustomed to sleeping in his crib. But Munira's care goes above and beyond the basics -- she gave him baths, shared food with us and helped us navigate multiple postpartum concern that popped up in those early weeks. We miss Munira and highly recommend her as a doula. read more

Hiring Munira was one of the best decisions of preparing for our first child. She was referred to us by my midwife, who had hired Munira for her own postpartum period. She's a true baby whisperer - she knows what's bothering him and lots of ways to fix it and soothe him. Beyond understanding babies, though, she genuinely loves babies. She spends a lot of time outside of work keeping up with doula education, enjoys hearing from past clients, and is so excited to see my son and his growth after any days away. She supported us in so many ways and made an otherwise very stressful time so much more enjoyable. She has such a gentle, calming nature that put everyone in our home at ease, and I'm so grateful to her for her kind, gentle, loving approach to her work. read more

We were fortunate to have Munira's help for 11 weeks after the birth of our 2nd child. Our first child was colicky and we were worried about having to go through that again while also balancing the needs of a toddler. From the first night she walked into our home, we felt we were in great hands and were able to truly rest when she was around. Munira has a special skill for understanding a baby's cues and knowing exactly what they need. She taught us so much and I wish we would've had her with our first baby. Munira helped us get our baby on a schedule, helped her learn to extend her sleep, and helped us manage her gas and reflux. We got great rest on the nights she was with us. She was always right on time or early, was very communicative and we truly were so sad once her contract was up. We have complete trust in Munira and that's really difficult to find. Munira is the best and we highly recommend her to anyone considering hiring her! read more

Munira is a miracle. As first-time parents, we are so lucky and grateful to have her as my postpartum doula. She brought decades of experience caring for newborns, her presence is calming, loving and caring, she treated our baby like her own. I would love to have her again when I have my 2nd child and recommend her to my friends! Below are a few areas she helped us: 1. Circumcision care: She started the day when our baby did the circumcision procedure. We were freaked out to remove the gauze, but Munira was able to care for the wound in a much gentler way that our baby didn't even cry for a bit. The wound healed perfectly. 2. Baby bath & massage: she is really a pro about this, she introduced massage & baths to my son in a gentle way, and my son loves it! This also greatly helps with my son's gas problem. She also taught us how to do baths and massages. 3. Sleep train: Our 7-week-old son can sleep through the whole night with 2 dream-feeding because of her experience and knowledge! She also works with us to set up my son's sleep schedule to help him to sleep better. I really love that she does this in a natural way instead of forcing the baby in any kind. 4. Advice on milk supply, baby care, and much more: She provided helpful advice on how to boost my milk supply, recommending baby products to buy/avoid, and troubleshooting my son's fussiness. Her recommendations always work like miracles. read more

Munira is literally godsend! We had her as our postpartum doula for our first baby and that was the best decision ever. She has a calming presence and tons of knowledge and experience with new borns. She helped us understand baby's cues and taught us practical techniques to sooth the baby. She also helped us with the right massage and bath techniques. Our baby never cried once when she was with her. We were able to get good rest for the nights she was with us. Will definitely have her for support going forward and for future babies. Highly recommend going with Munira for all your postpartum care needs. read more

We were referred to Munira by a coworker of mine who called her "the best in the business", and after working with her for a month, I couldn't agree more. She is such a calming presence, she is a fountain of knowledge and is so kind and caring. We decided to get a night doula for our second baby after having a very challenging experience with sleep with our first. Munira immediately formed a bond with our baby- she is legitimately a baby whisperer. She also taught us how to recognize different cries for gas vs hunger and gave us tips on how to extend his (and our) sleep. At one month, my son is sleeping through the night (except for 2 feeds which we need to wake him up for). I really wish we had known about Munira for our first child but so grateful to have had her for our second. I highly recommend her!!! read more