I went to village birth in their bundle it was well worth the money. My husband and I did our birth…read moreeducation classes, newborn essentials, feeding and getting ready for the fourth trimester. Thru their doula match we found an amazing postpartum doula. I also did some of their prenatal circles and will be doing their post partum circle soon. Always a fun mix of women who go there, and I know the business can't control who signs up for classes but I wish more POC women and couples went. My first circle it was very intimidating being the only POC there.

My wife and I attended the childbirth class here, and I definitely recommend this place for anyone…read morelooking to learn more about what to expect from the childbirth process. Brighid was our course instructor, and she was super knowledgable, open and supportive to all types of relationships, birthing plans, and wasn't overly dogmatic by recommending a "one size fits all" approach to this very dynamic process. She was experienced and knowledgeable, answered our questions, gave recommendations, resources, and context, and we could not be happier with the experience. The office was quiet, clean, free from distractions, and the environment was comfortable and inviting. My wife had a few fears/concerns about being a first time mother, but after the class she's feeling much more comfortable now that she's equipped with so much context and information. Overall this was a fantastic experience and anyone who is feeling overwhelmed and is looking for a bit of guidance and support should seek this place out. Thank you Brighid!

I have taken over a year and a half to write this review to make absolutely sure what I say is fair…read moreand level headed. I DO NOT recommend Keely as a doula. She's is a wonderful speaker and extremely eloquent but her involvement and skill set unfortunately ends there. Keely abandoned me and my husband during an emergency c section. One I think would have been completely avoided with a more experienced, empathetic and advocacy minded doula. I have a long list of reasons I regret hiring Keely but all I think that really matters is that I'm certain my birth experience was made considerably worse as a direct result of her involvement. I highly recommend a doula, just not this one. Good luck mamas!!!

Keely was an amazing doula for my partner and I. In preparation for my delivery and labor she…read moresensed my anxiety and soothed me with positive words. During my labor and delivery she was amazing ! She kept me motivated and encouraged me again with positivity. At our two week postpartum visit she remained consistent with her affirmations and assured me that I was doing everything just fine. Back to labor and delivery. She advocated for me, making sure I knew what was going on at all times. I was empowered in all of my decisions because she made sure I was in the loop. She helped me with different labor positions and kept me company while I was having contractions. She's an amazing doula and I'm so happy that she was mine.

I can't say enough about how valuable it was to have Tracy be part of my pregnancy and birth…read moreexperience. I'm a planner. I need to know what I'm getting into and all the possible outcomes. Since this was my first pregnancy--uncharted territory for my husband and myself--we wanted a doula to provide education, support, and advocacy. We needed more info than what was provided in the routine OB/GYN appointments. My husband and I were blown away by our initial interview with Tracy and asked her to be our doula on the spot. With each visit, we each felt more empowered and informed about how our delivery could go. We got handouts, watched videos, learned about the equipment used during the birth, and heard the wisdom of someone that had been present at 600+ births! She brought up procedures and "what ifs" for all types of deliveries from at-home vaginal, to inducement, to emergency C-section. Unfortunately, I was forced to completely change my birth plan 8 weeks before my due date. Early on, I was dead set against a C-section and had been all-in on a vaginal birth. But, due to my baby's size, I was put on rest and a surgical birth was strongly recommended. I was devastated. Even though the majority of our work with Tracy was to plan for a vaginal birth, this 180 turn didn't phase Tracy in the least. She was so wonderful, supportive, and flexible; it was exactly what I needed when I felt the rug had been pulled out from under me. Tracy put me at ease by sharing her experience with other clients that had vaginal deliveries where it ended up being a more difficult birth and a longer recovery than if they had surgery. She reinforced that every birth really is unique and there is no "wrong way" to deliver. These were things I needed to hear to manage my anxiety. The day of my surgery I was an anxious mess. It got worse when I got to the hospital--the nurses started running through their checklists at breakneck speed, poking and prodding me without explaining much. Tracy arrived shortly after they started and I felt such relief when she arrived--I immediately started ugly crying. She was my advocate and a go-between with the nurses, giving me a minute to catch my breath and process what was going on. That alone was a huge help, but Tracy stayed throughout the birth and after, calmly walking me and my husband through everything. And, even though I didn't think I'd want pictures--I was a hot mess--Tracy tastefully captured moments I will cherish forever! I thought having a doula for a surgical birth wouldn't be necessary, but having Tracy's support months before, during pre-op, surgery, and after, made a huge difference in decreasing my anxiety and increasing my confidence. Lastly, throughout our time with Tracy, she was very responsive to communications, punctual, and professional. We were clear on fees and services from the beginning and it was worth every penny. We highly recommend Tracy as a doula, you will not be disappointed!

Tracy was absolutely wonderfu!! My pregnant daughter and I took her series of prenatal classes…read morevirtually. The classes were so helpful!! They covered every aspect of the third trimester, labor, delivery, and even newborn care and breastfeeding. Since I was going to be in the delivery room I wanted to be able to be a real help to my daughter. When the time came to head to the hospital Tracy was available to help and support my daughter with real time suggestions for early labor and beyond. And when there were some complications I knew the questions to ask the doctor and nurses because Tracy had taught me how to seek out the relevant information so that my daughter could make the best decisions for her baby and for herself. Tracy's wealth of experience and knowledge is amazing and was incredibly helpful. Her caring, calm demeanor and thoughtfulness was everything we wanted and more. Tracy truly is the BEST!

Emilee was a DREAM with her placenta medicine services. From the moment we signed her on she was…read morereliable, communicative, and professional. She was also a valuable resource for myself and my husband for questions, support and general education and information. Her capsules and tincture packaging were very high quality and came with detailed and valuable instructions. I can't stress enough how grateful we were!! As for consuming my placenta, I felt a distinctive difference the days I took the capsules vs. the days I forgot to take them. I also never had any postpartum depression and I truly believe it was the placenta medicine that saved me. I would HIGHLY recommend this (and Emilee!) to anyone having a baby!

I had the pleasure of working with Sada as my doula during my pregnancy, and home birth this fall…read more Sada was amazing! I personally really enjoyed taking her yoga classes at Golden Sol in Los Feliz, she has an extensive array of knowledge - from pregnancy to birth and the journey onward into motherhood. I felt supported and empowered by the information Sada supplied me with. My husband and I also took private childbirth ed classes with her. Sada seemed to be especially passionate about home-birth, but when I would see her interact with women having hospital births she had SO MUCH information to share with them about the hospitals and doctors they'd be working with. It was amazing really, and part of the reason I was so drawn to working with her. My labor was about 33.5 hours total, and at the first sign of labor (my labor started hard and fast) Sada came over and sat with me so my husband could get some rest since we had a big day ahead. When she came back the next afternoon, I was still laboring, and completely exhausted. She helped me (and my team) stay focused, and was the strong energy I needed to get through my slow labor. Leading up to my labor Sada was a continuous support system for my husband and I. She checked in with me, counseled me, hugged me when I needed a hug and really took the time to dive in deep so that she could help me have the experience I wanted. After my baby was born, we had a lovely visit a few days later sharing fruit, gawking at all the hair on my sweet babes head, and discussed the happenings of my birth. : ) I ended up making smoothies with my placenta, so i did not need to utilize LABK's placenta medicine services, but Emiliee did teach me how to make a tincture just incase I wanted to make one with any left over placenta (which I ended up doing). Sada was lovely to work with, and I just wish she did postpartum classes because I miss her! :)

Would I recommend Brandi Jordan as a sleep consultant? Not unless you're a celebrity or have…read morethousands of dollars to waste. For the average parent, you'll likely spend thousands of dollars only to end up back where you started--with vague, generic advice you could easily find online and some added reassurance. Brandi's approach offers little to no long-term guidance. She works on a day-by-day basis without providing written materials or a structured plan to follow, which makes it nearly impossible to build consistency once the sessions end. It feels like being handed a toolkit for a toy bike when you're trying to fix a kitchen sink, completely mismatched and ultimately unhelpful. Throughout our experience, she asked for detailed information about our child's sleep schedule, feeding patterns, and behaviors, which was time-consuming to document. Yet, those details seemed disregarded, as the feedback almost always boiled down to a generic "you'll have to let the baby cry," delivered in a reassuring but repetitive way. Months later, we're still struggling to get our child to sleep independently. We received no follow-up documents, no lasting framework, and no practical tools to help us move forward. After spending over $1,000, we were left feeling misled, frustrated, and uncertain about what to do next. If you're considering hiring Brandi, I urge you to think carefully. Save your time, energy, and resources. Look for a consultant who offers structured support, written guidance, and consistent follow-through; not someone whose attention is divided elsewhere. Parents deserve more than being treated like another number in the queue. Updated response to Brandi... I actually worked with you in April 2025, and communication stopped soon after the contract period ended. We followed your instructions exactly as outlined. Not every child responds the same way, and sometimes a more individualized approach is necessary, but it became clear you didn't have the time or availability to provide that level of support.

TW: postpartum depression, prematurity, self-harm…read more There's a reason there are very few reviews more recent than 2021, and they are negative. We contracted Brandi Jordan as a sleep consultant in June 2025 when we were in a truly desperate situation; I was hallucinating from sleep deprivation and suffering terrible postpartum depression. In hindsight, I figure that's how we fell for this. We paid over $1500 and here's what we got: a single one hour Zoom, a single 30 minute phone call about a week later (for which she was 20 minutes late), and 30-40 days of "text support," though there were several instances where she did not respond for three days despite our texts. I felt "left on read." To be fair to her, it was in our contract that this is what we could get: a one hour zoom, up to 3 follow-up calls and 30 days of text support. When I signed the contract, I did think this was sort of minimal, but I was desperate and figured "hey, maybe she can work magic." At our initial Zoom call, she said she had "never met a baby that couldn't sleep through the night after 2-3 weeks, max," so we were thrilled and hopeful! Now I know why this is true; she doesn't actually *meet* the babies- It's all virtual! She absolutely cannot work magic; please don't fall for this marketing that preys on desperate parents like we did. I feel stupid for having believed her. As other reviews have said, there is no individual tailoring, and the method she uses is essentially soft Ferberizing: letting the baby cry and cry with intermittent check-ins that get progressively longer. This was torture for all of us. Our baby was born extremely prematurely at 26 weeks and spent nearly 3 months in the NICU before coming home on oxygen. We did this contract when she was about 9 months old (6 months adjusted). We were obviously all still traumatized, and she had a lot of difficulty self-soothing at all. There was no troubleshooting about what how her and our individual situation might be contributing to sleep issues. Listening to her cry for 90 minutes in the middle of the night resulted in my self-harming several times (again, I had bad PPD). We did it though, because Brandi told us to. How it would work is that every morning we would text Brandi how the night went, and she would maybe respond that day saying something like "okay let's do that again" or "let's push this feed back 15 minutes" or something. A lot of the time she just wouldn't respond. I gave two stars because after the 30-40 days, our baby was sleeping a bit better than at the beginning (only 2-4 wakeups a night instead of 10). Additionally, this is way too expensive for such minimal support. You can find all this information online (Ferber with intermittent check-ins and dream feeds). Maybe if you have a normal or semi-easy baby this would work, but otherwise only time will help. Our baby is now 1 and wakes up about once a night every other night; only time got us here.

If you're trying to decide if a doula is worth it... YES, it is!…read more I worked with Catherine for my second pregnancy. Although I had been through birth once before, I felt strongly that I wanted someone in the room that would be my voice and would advocate for me when I was exhausted and focused on other things. My first birth went less than ideal and although my baby and I are alive and well, I did feel like I had been pressured into making several decisions that I didn't even know that I had a choice in. I deviated pretty far from my reasonable birth plan, essentially because my preferences INCONVENIENCED the nurses. For example, wanting to be mobile instead of on my back in bed, preferring a saline lock instead of a fixed IV line, not wanting optical antibiotics for about an hour after birth (to support breastfeeding), etc. The second time around, I knew that I wanted an expert on my side to have the emotional strength to help me see my plan through! Having already done it once before, I also knew that (while I love him dearly!) my husband is not the best birth coach. I really needed a patient third party to help me through the pain and tell me what to do! Working with Catherine was really great. What I loved most was that she provided so much scientific based information to help me make my choices. She also had zero judgment about the choices I made. She offered her personal input when asked and supported my decisions throughout. I had been induced the first time around so I was a little anxious about what to expect actually going into labor. Catherine was available 24/7 to answer my questions and help me understand what might be happening when I felt weird things! When my water broke, she labored with me at home and did a great job keeping myself and my husband calm and relaxed! She followed us to the hospital when it was time and was everything I hoped she'd be in the room! I ended up being able to follow my birth plan pretty closely (of course there are always deviations depending on the circumstances and for sake of mom and baby's wellbeing). I had a very easy, med-free and complication-free birth thanks to Catherine! I cannot say enough about how great she is!

Catherine was our doula for both of our children's births (now age 3 and 9 months) and I would…read morehighly recommend her. Her vast experience, knowledge, passion and demeanor are exactly what you would hope for in a doula. She is very calm and reassuring, supportive in so many ways, and helpful without being pushy or judgmental. She really listens to your wishes and concerns and helps to get you the resources and support you need during pregnancy, labor, and once baby is here. As most women experience with multiple kids, my pregnancy and birth for each kid were very different from each other. For each I had specific concerns and issues arise, and Catherine was beyond equipped to help me with all of them. I even delivered at different hospitals, and she was well versed in the nuances of each ward, which was a major plus that I didn't anticipate. I am so happy that Catherine was a part of the beginning of our children's lives, and were we to have another baby, I would want her there as well.

Julia was our midwife for both of our children - our daughter's birth at SCV Birth Center and our…read moreson's home birth and we couldn't have asked for a better experience. She is so calm, kind, and supportive, and she made both my husband and me feel completely comfortable and cared for every step of the way. Julia's gentle presence and expertise brought such peace and confidence to both of our births. We would choose her again and again - she's truly a blessing to the families she supports! We miss her dearly!

Working with Julia has been a God-sent gift. After having my first home birth 2.5 years ago, I…read moreplanned to do it again, although I was not expecting all the challenges that life would present right before the birth. In an extremely unfortunate event, my brother and sister-in-law, who were supposed to have their first baby right around my due date, suddenly lost their child during birth. I was in absolute shock and deep grief, and I was contemplating whether a home birth was the safest option for me. I found Julia, and she held my hand through every moment of fear and self-doubt throughout my prenatal care. She showed me what heartfelt understanding can look like while still not losing sight of what she knew I was capable of. I knew in my bones that a home birth was what I desired, but having this happen so close to me shook my confidence and sparked so much fear in me. During my birth, Julia held my hand every step of the way. She was proactive in her approach, giving me positions to hold that resulted in direct progression of labor, all while being very attuned to me and the baby throughout the process. I went from having a 38-hour labor with my first child to a 14-hour labor with my second, with only 4 hours of active labor. I honestly can't recommend her enough!!! Julia carries a deep understanding and love of midwifery care and her expertise are showcased in her level of care and knowledge. I had the most beautiful birth and felt so supported thanks to her guidance and heartfelt diligent care.

My insurance covered doula services and I'm glad I chose Happy Baby Journey! I was able to do video…read moreinterviews with 3 doulas to ensure the right fit and the process was very easy/straight-forward. I worked with Mina and she was incredible! She was extremely kind, responsive, experienced, approachable, and assertive. As a first time mom, my husband and I were new to everything so it was great to have additional support from someone who has been a doula and a mom for many years. You can tell Mina is extremely passionate about helping mothers and babies and I would recommend her to anyone!! I think what I loved most was what she had to offer postpartum once I was home from the hospital. Mina was able to help me for two overnight sessions so I could catch up on sleep and that was invaluable.

I'm only a dog "mom" but Jade is the truth when it comes to proper wholistic care for women and…read moretheir babies. I know her personally and she's a great Mother who has helped out friends of mine, while on their journey. H.B.J. Has plenty of resources for moms wanting to take a different approach when bringing their babies into this world. It won't hurt to ask questions and check them out. Best wishes to all the new mothers