I'm a brand new mom and Cathy promptly called me back to answer all of my lactation questions. She…read morewas so kind and patiently listened to my situation and gave great advice. She also provided me with her email so that we can continue the conversation should I have additional questions. I'll be recommending her to all of my new mom friends!

Our newborn was constantly feeding but losing weight. Our insurance provided lactation consultants…read morejust said keep trying and things would get better. We knew being second time parents that something just wasn't right. We contacted Cathy and she was able to come out to our home in Alhambra quickly. She immediately identified our son had a tongue tie which explained all of our feeding issues. She also spent lots of time explaining about proper latching and showing us how to feed. She explained how to supplement with pumped milk just until our son started to gain weight which helped us avoid formula as our nurses suggested. Since the. We had the tongue tie cut and are successfully breastfeeding a couple weeks later :) We also had questions after our meeting which she responded to via email very quickly and offered another phone consultation the next day. Cathy was absolutely a godsend!!!

I seriously loved the care Cheryl Abrams had for me and my son. She listened to all my concerns and…read moregave me great advice every step of the way. She was not able to make it for my birth but sent her amazing mentor to help me out and did do a post baby check up on me and my 10 pound boy! I would highly suggest this amazing and caring Doula for ANY of your baby needs. She also offers over night care for your newborn! How amazing!

Cheryl is outstanding! She is dedicated to helping growing families and it shows... skill,…read moreflexibility, compassionate, kindness, patience, honesty and her strong work ethic shines brightly... Cheryl is absolutely an AMAZING sleep trainer and postpartum doula. I highly recommend Cheryl for all of your doula needs.

It brings me nothing but joy to share my extraordinary experience working with Ebon'Nae as my birth…read moredoula. I was initially introduced to her through a friend, but I strongly believe God also aligned us in perfect harmony. We began our journey with a great consultation. Then, there were home visits where Ebon'Nae thoroughly explained the birthing process to my husband and me -- patiently answering any and all questions we had. She also took time to come to an important midwife appointment with me where we discussed my desired birth plan. Throughout my experience, Ebon'Nae offered everything from tools and advice to prayers which really helped me to move through my pregnancy with a sense of ease leading up to the birth. For the actual birth, she was right there by my side physically and mentally coaching me through every moment while going the extra mile to visually capture some of the best moments as well. With this being my first pregnancy, as one would imagine, there were a lot of unknowns to explore, and having such a knowledgeable and supportive doula like Ebon'Nae, I felt seen and safe. While she always kept things very professional, she also felt like family -- and I feel so blessed to have gained the opportunity to work with her. She's truly called to do this work, and words alone can't describe her amazing service. If you're looking for an amazing doula or to train to become one, I send my highest praises and recommendation to "glow" with Ebon'Nae.

Ebon'Nae has truly been someone I needed in my corner and I'm so grateful I was referred to her!…read moreFrom speaking life into me and my birth, to being with me literally every step of the way with so many tips and powerful messages! Even advocating for me when I had the unfortunate experience of having to go to the hospital to check on baby, and Dr wanted to go through C-Section. Ebon'Nae was able to let me know I, as a patient had options when me and baby were doing fine! I had the strength and faith to let them know I would not go through with it! With her help I was able to fulfill my hopes of having a VBAC naturally and gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby boy!

If you're looking for a midwife that's going g to take care of you like family look no further!…read moreCheryl and her team are truly amazing, they made my pregnancy feel so safe and empowering- no matter the time if there was an emergency I could call on her or my doula (which is also inclusive with theyre services) this was my first pregnancy and I wanted to do everything naturally with no medical intervention, through some personal problems I needed to give birth at a hospital and through that experience my doula came to the hospital with me and talk me through the Birth of my beautiful daughter. If I could go back i would change a thing! Tree of life is a wonderful and very professional practice and ill recommend them to anyone especially if you're like me who leans more to holistic wellness vs moden medicine. If you're unsure you can always go in to do a consultation and meet all the beautiful ladies who work for Cheryl. Blessings

Choosing Tree of Life for midwifery services was the BEST decision I could've made! I didn't feel…read morelike just another patient I felt like I was with family every time I stepped into the environment. They helped guide me through the birthing process and made me feel empowered and knowledgeable about the journey I was on. I highly recommend their services!

This group also practices at:…read more UNTHealth at Alliance 12650 North Beach, Suite 148 Fort Worth, TX 76244 Which is where I visited them all throughout my pregnancy. When I first got pregnant I knew immediately I wanted a midwife. Through my research, I found that many women felt they provided more personalized, better care. They promoted "Natural" birth and you could avoid the unnecessary pressure and "scariness" of hospital doctors who "just wanted to drug you up to speed things along and get you in, out and on to the next patient all while making as much money as possible by any means necessary." First of all I was disappointed when I found out you aren't assigned ONE midwife (so you can get to know them on a personal level, after all...they're seeing EVERYTHING, am I right?!) No, you see a different one each time basically, and your baby is going to be delivered by whoever is on duty that day/hour. Ok, whatever. So all the midwives are nice, but of course you have your favorites and YOU HOPE that one just happens to be on duty on your special day! It's also funny, because I had to defend my decision when I told my Mom. SHe was worried they wouldn't know what they were doing and that I could die because they don't receive the same medical training that a doctor does. Man, I hate when my mother is right!! So, of course, after 36 hours of labor went through many midwives on duty. First it started with a new lady I never met before, Then It was my first choice of who I wanted to deliver my baby, then it was my second choice...I had high hopes my baby would be delivered by her when she broke my water...but NOPE!! Ugh. Of course, the person who ended up delivering my baby was the one I absolutely did NOT want. True to form, I was never offered any drugs though, which was great! I tried a tub birth, but for some reason the Texas Health Fort Worth Hospital's labor and delivery section's water STOPPED WORKING!! You seriously can't make this up. So the tub was less than half full with water that was quickly turning cold. My baby had juuuust started crowning when I was told the water was getting cloudy and they were worried the baby had pooed, therefore making water birth extremely dangerous. SO I get up and walk to the bed for her to check to see if there was meconium inside me, she says clear water gushed out, so maybe I had just peed? I was then asked if I wanted to go back in the tub...pfft hell no. Thank God I didn't go back in, it turns out it WAS meconium. After pushing and pushing in what what seemed like hours, I couldn't get baby's head out so just as she was about to do a episiotomy I have a big contraction and she does some crazy move and somehow gets baby out! Now, they had been checking baby's heartbeat literally like every few minutes or so and he was doing just fine, but when he came out he wasn't fine. He was having trouble breathing because he had inhaled some fluid and/or meconium. NICU takes him away. Then they tell me my placenta isn't detaching by itself and a doctor is called to remove it by hand. Excruciating. Then after I was sewed up I was taken to the maternity ward. No sonogram was performed at all to MAKE SURE all of the placenta was removed just "Yeah it looks like that's all of it". EXTREME MISTAKE #1: "Assuming" all of the placenta was removed. There was still placenta inside me when I had to go to the Emergency room due to being in insane pain and being unable to care for my newborn. They found out through ultrasound, the placenta parts still inside me had of course, gotten infected and cause Sepsis. Something that left untreated, would have caused my untimely death. Not only that, but an abscess had formed behind my uterus, also causing pain. EXTREME MISTAKE #2: was when I was in the Fort Worth hospital telling many different midwives (I was there for 3 days) about the horrible pain in my side. They chalked it up to gas/constipation. Fast forward to me being discharged from said hospital, the pain continues at home and I call the midwives to explain to them again this pain and my 108 degree fever. I was told to take tylenol for 24 hours. Then call them if I go to the hospital, so they can meet me there. WHICH I DO the very next day. They never called me back. They never show up. It wasn't until basically the day before being discharged from the Alliance hospital (where I was treated and cured.) that I was called by the midwife who delivered my baby and she was just all apologies. Sorry for what happened, sorry for not coming to visit and how she was going to come visit today but she had a family gathering to go to. In conclusion, I felt abandoned by these women. I really wish I had delivered with a doctor because "nurse", in this case, didn't cut it. Not only do I feel my situation could have been avoided but also my baby's. I'm sure not all experiences with this midwife group are bad, maybe mine was just a fluke. Eitherway I'm never going back.

The idea of using a midwife was first introduced to me in nursing school. My labor and delivery…read morerotation was taught by some pretty hardcore midwives--people that had over 7 kids and even delivered some of them at home. I learned in nursing school that there's less chance of receiving an episiotomoy or a C-section with a midwife than with an OB-GYN (it may be that the midwives are more prone to rubbing the perineum with olive oil, or that physicians are more likely to attend high risk births, but whatever--this is a business review, not a peer review editorial in a research journal). There's also growing interest in midwives from documentaries such as "The Business of Being Born" (check it out on Netflix). Midwives are recommended for healthy, low risk pregnancies. I did not want any medications, and I wanted a water birth (something else I learned about in nursing school). If you want a water birth, you will need a midwife. This group came highly recommended from some of my colleagues. There are several midwives in the group, and they try to rotate your appointments so you can meet all of them so at least you'll be familiar with the one who ends up delivering your baby. All of the midwives are very experienced and work hard to ensure that you get the birthing plan you want. Most of the midwives are very personable, will give you a lot of attention, and will answer all of your questions thoroughly. You never get the impression that they are rushed, but judging from the packed waiting rooms, they are pretty busy. Why minus one star? Pretty high class worries; nothing really untoward. There's two midwives out of the six that do not have the best bedside manner (ie., just not as personable as the others). Could be a personality clash, IDK. One of them in particular I question if she even reviewed my chart because she would ask me if I was married on more than one occasion. The other reason I subtracted a star is that after I delivered, none of the midwives from the group checked on me while I was in the hospital. A midwife student rounded instead. I know the student was more than capable of answering my questions, but I did have the expectation that I was going to see a member of the group. All in all, I plan on using them again for my next pregnancy, but I will make my expectations clear next time. Good luck and happy pregnancy to you!

Jana is amazing. I highly recommend Bishop babies. I relied on her support for two things - cloth…read morediaper and lactation support We took her diaper class before the baby came. I knew I wanted to use cloth, but didn't know the first thing about them. She made recommend regarding brand, style and fit. Not an expert now, but my baby is 4 months and I LOVE cloth diapers! Regarding lactation - my baby came early so my milk was slow to come in. She gave me latch support, as well helped my confidence level. It hurt so bad for me for the first couple of months, but finally it just clicked.

Jana changed our lives! My baby had severe lip and tongue ties that went undiagnosed until I met…read morewith her for a lactation appointment. My baby was so unhappy, not sleeping well, nursing constantly, and was not gaining good weight. Once she figure out what was wrong, I was able to have her ties revised and she did a 180! Jana also helped tremendously with all my pumping questions. My baby is 6.5 months old now and because of Jana's help, she is still breastfed. If you're looking for an IBCLC, reach out to Jana and Bishop Babies.

Jessica is an extremely passionate and caring person. She is knowledgeable and goes above and…read morebeyond to support you as a new mom and assist with newborn care.

Jessica will spend hours getting to know you, help you write a birth plan, and be by your side from…read morethe moment in labor you decide you need her until a few hours after the baby is born. She'll offer natural methods of pain relief and may help you get into new positions to help move your labor along. She'll work to keep you comfortable and calm, and serve as your cheerleader, giving you emotional support. If your partner needs a break, she'll be ready to step in so you won't be alone. She may also update your family as you progress, help you work through difficult decisions, snap the first post birth photos, and be there to help you breastfeed.

Delilah helped me have the birth of my dreams for my third (and largest) child! I never imagined…read morebirth could be that way and I owe it all to her- calming my anxieties in preparation for birth, saying exactly what I needed to hear in the most intense moments, and talking me through everything we would do in advance- while acknowledging we never know exactly what will happen! I loved getting to know her and only wish we had met her sooner so that we could have had her there with our first two births. She is invaluable!!

Rarely in life have I felt as supported, respected, and cared for as when Delilah was my birth…read moredoula. She was there for me every step of the way, (oftentimes literally) holding my hand, answering any and all questions I had (at any time I had them), and assuring me that I was going to nail this whole birthing business. :) This woman has a rare and special gift. I've used other highly experienced and well regarded birth doulas in Dallas, and not one of them can compare to Delilah. She is one of the only things I actually miss about being pregnant (that last one was a doozy, y'all)! Please hire her immediately - she will being joy and light to your pregnancy and life. Got questions? Pm me at any time. Blessings to you all...