I found Pineapple Babies through my doula, who recommended them as one of the few midwife practices…read morein the area that accepts TRICARE. I initially reached out because I wanted to understand my options, but I honestly did not think I would be eligible for a home birth due to age and gestational diabetes. From my very first conversation with Amy, I felt completely confident in moving forward. She was very responsive, listened to my concerns, answer all of my questions, and walk me through the entire process. She also addressed concerns I had after reading some negative information online before I made a final decision, which quickly helped ease my fears. Her openness, honesty, and willingness to have straightforward conversations gave me the confidence to move forward. This was my third baby and my first home birth. My previous two births were hospital births at Chesapeake Regional and Portsmouth Naval Hospital. While I am grateful for the care I received, there were many aspects of the hospital environment that were difficult for me, including constant interruptions, bright lights, lack of rest, and feeling like the experience was more focused on the process than allowing my babies and me to have a gentler transition. My experience with Pineapple Babies was completely different. My baby stayed with me the entire time after birth, and we were able to rest together for nearly two days afterward, waking only to nurse and eat. It was such a peaceful and special experience that I wish every family could have the opportunity to experience. The prenatal and postpartum care was also wonderful. Appointments felt personal and relaxed rather than rushed, and everyone was always available to answer questions and provide support. After experiencing an unexpected 12 days of exhausting prelabor with contractions starting and stopping, Amy and Gennette helped reassure me and keep me calm. When I passed my due date and became very concerned, Amy responded quickly and helped put my mind at ease. During one of my prenatal visits Gennette also helped me address a low iron level through a referral that made a significant improvement, which my previous OBGYNs ignored. When my water broke shortly after 3am, everything progressed much faster than expected. Amy answered immediately and stayed on the phone with my husband and me, recognizing that things were moving quickly when I actually thought I had more time. She was in her vehicle within 5 mins and rushed to my house arriving quickly as I already was going into active labor and preparing us while she was racing to our house. Her experience helped me through an intense and fast labor. Her team members arrived shortly before the birth. Everyone worked together seamlessly with my doula and provided incredible care. They stayed afterward to make sure my baby and I were doing well and had everything we needed before leaving. I am so grateful that I chose Pineapple Babies and that I now have the memory of welcoming my daughter into our home. It was an incredibly meaningful experience for our family and I would absolutely recommend Amy and her team to anyone considering midwifery care or home birth. One small area for improvement would be the scheduling. At times, making changes or viewing updated appointments was a little challenging, and I occasionally noticed changes without notification only after receiving reminders or logging in. However, this was minor compared with the exceptional care and support I received throughout my pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience.

After having a traumatic hospital birth with my first child, I was uncertain about what my…read moreexperience would be with my second child. At 30 weeks, I transferred into the care of Amy at Pineapple Babies and am so glad I did! She listened to my fears, eased my anxiety and I had an amazing birth experience. I felt so empowered to have a voice in my birth with Amy and am so grateful to her and her team for everything. The childbirth classes Pineapple Babies offers were so helpful and prepared us for the birth. Thank you thank you thank you!

I have nothing but great things to say about Jeni and The Village. She was so accommodating,…read moreprofessional, knowledgeable, and made us feel completely comfortable and our home birth was everything I had dreamed it to be. I had a natural/unmedicated birth where she allowed my body to do what it was made to do, with expertise and recommendations for safety at the forefront. She conducted postpartum apts and checked on me as the weeks followed and speaking as a medical professional (ER RN), her professionalism and love shines through in her practice. Thank you Jeni for facilitating the happiest day of our lives. God bless you and all the families you serve.

Jeni and her team are the best, they have always been there for me and helped me with all my…read morequestions and concerns. She made the whole experience less stresfull and made feel understood and not judge. As a first time expecting mother and very far away from my entire family I felt at home and have been treated like family and with a lot of care. The practice is very welcoming, very relaxing and clean. They also helped me with latching and made sure that my mental health was okay and treated my fears with respect. I loved having them as my pregnancy team and would recommend them to everyone.

We truly cannot say enough wonderful things about Kathleen. From the moment we met her, she became…read morean essential part of our pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum journey. As a doula and IBCLC, she brought an incredible wealth of knowledge, compassion, and calm to a time that can often feel overwhelming--especially as first-time parents. Our daughter arrived three weeks early, and thanks to Kathleen, we felt prepared and supported every step of the way. She helped us understand what to expect and guided us with care and empathy through each stage. Her support didn't stop at birth--Kathleen was invaluable during the postpartum period as well. She quickly noticed feeding issues with our daughter and helped us navigate them with expertise and reassurance. I truly believe that the only reason my daughter is exclusively breastfed today is because of Kathleen's guidance. What made her stand out even more was her ability to make us feel safe, informed, and confident in the choices we made for ourselves and our baby. She also recognized signs of postpartum anxiety in me and connected us to helpful resources without hesitation. With no family nearby, we were nervous about going through this alone--but Kathleen stepped in and truly felt like family. If you are looking for a doula and/or IBCLC, look no further. Kathleen is a gift, and we are so grateful she was part of our story.

I found Kathleen right when I was about to give up on trying to nurse my daughter. I had already…read morebeen through so much (preterm 33 week emergency c section, severe preeclampsia, nicu stay) and on top of everything else, it turned out that my sweet preemie had tongue and lip ties which were preventing her from effectively removing milk. I had been to a few lactation consultants before meeting Kathleen and literally none of them were able to spot this. I was getting useless advice like "make your boob a taco" or "bring baby to boob, not boob to baby". Kathleen saw it though and that was a true game changer! Meeting Kathleen was a lifesaver. She came to my home for our visits when I was really struggling and gave me actionable, manageable things I could immediately do that day to improve my situation. Besides identifying my daughter's ties, she also gave recommendations for other professionals we could use that would help and an action plan for how to move forward. She is incredibly knowledgeable in a way that I don't feel all LCs are. Thanks to Kathleen, I am still breastfeeding my 17 month old and I truly attribute much of that to her help. Working with her feels like working with a mom friend that has your best interests at heart, but also knows what the heck she is doing. I recommend Kathleen to all my mom friends and she will be one of the first I check in with to book if and when I get pregnant again!

Birthjourneys Childbirth Education and Doula Care provides empowered education for pregnancy, birth…read moreand postpartum. We offer 1 day, 2 day and 4 weeks courses to make this important education convenient for busy people. Learn nurturing, personal and creative tools for a better birth. Consider our "Comfort Measures Class". It is a rehearsal for labor. What if labor started right now? Don't go into the unknown. Prepare for the who, what and why's of labor and birth now. As professional Doulas we bring you constant support, positions to reduce the discomfort of contractions, techniques for helping baby descend and enjance dilation. Though a partner is tremendous support, the partner won't know what to do if labor slows down, or stops, or how to ease the discomfort of labor. Free your partner to just love you and let Birthjourneys care for the laboring mother. Birthjourneys Childbirth Education and Doula Care 757-256-9476 www.birthjourneys.org

Stacy was wonderful and I am so thankful for her help with my fertility journey. The staff was kind…read moreand professional, would 10/10 recommend.

We used their services, fine transaction completed. We completed our last session closed out…read moreremaining debt. Mysteriously get a bill for something years earlier & now they are dragging their feet administratively when allowing us to submit paperwork to close service. "we didn't receive the paperwork", excuse. Seen this before, they billed our CC after they said they received our request to cancel service and would send us a refund check. Never received check. Called bank reporting suspicious billing behavior. Bank agreed, now just received another bill. Do not trust this vendor. Report fraud if you experience it with this vendor. My family frien and wife used their service last year and terminated it after they experienced similar behavior. Protect yourself!

Dr.Olds has been my OBGYN for a few years now , I was recommended to her by my mom because she's…read morebeen my moms doctor for about 20 plus years now . I love love love her & all of her staff . Dr.Olds is such a sweetheart , any women in the area looking for the best OBGYN in the 757 you need to go to her .

Absolutely !!! Hands down, the BEST OBGYN in the BUSINESS! He is a God send, for all women in every…read morewalk of life!!! This man knows more about women's health than any other PHYSICIAN in this business! He is a REAL PERSON and will personally call you, check on you, and follow-up on all care or treatments! I have been so fortunate, to have been a part of HIM teaching new: NURSE PRACTITIONERS or PA's going into the Healthcare business!!! I am a former Master Prepared Nurse, and the greatest gift we can leave to our future Generations is learning Hands on TEACHING (which is what Dr. Powers does everyday). These students are in Preceptorship!!! It is how we learn in Medicine. It is not all book work it is hands on daily! I was Blessed when I found this OBGYN!! God Bless you, Dr. Powers- you are Amazing! Celia Herron

If you believe breastfeeding is important, do yourself a favor, seek guidance and support. There's…read morealways something to learn. Becki provided our family with a knowledgeable, friendly and caring consultation.