Don't hesitate -- they are truly the best! I had the pleasure of having my first baby at a birth…read morecenter with Lilly and Anna, and it was already such an amazing experience. So when I was expecting baby #2 and they told me they were now doing home birth with Melanie and Sheily on their team, I immediately knew that's what I wanted. They are so knowledgeable, professional, friendly, caring, and fun. They really take the time to go over every question, worry, and option, and truly get to know you, connecting with you like family or friends. Their care is exceptional before birth, during birth, and postpartum. They even come to you for appointments, which is a huge plus--especially when you have other kids. My husband loved being involved and catching our baby at the birth center, but he was still concerned about living far from a hospital if something were to happen at home. We went through every possible risk with them, and thanks to their hospital experience, they've seen so much that they truly know the risks, solutions, and options. They made us feel safe and confident, encouraged us to trust our instincts, and always made sure we knew they had our backs. Once we had all the information, we knew home birth was the right choice for us--and we are so incredibly grateful we did it. Being able to text or call them anytime--whether you have concerns or aren't sure if it's real labor or just a false alarm--takes away so much stress. You can't control birth, but with them, you feel empowered--you're able to follow your instincts, move freely, and stay connected to the process. They work with you (your baby and partner) to guide you, support you, and take action if anything doesn't go smoothly. Knowing you're in such good hands makes you feel safe and protected, giving you the space to really stay connected to the process, and feel deeply empowered. And being at home makes everything so smooth and personal--your own space, your comfort, your shower/bath, your own warm birthing pool, surrounded by people you know. There's no stress of delivering in an uncomfortable car ride, no unnecessary interventions, no pressure of time. You can choose to have your other children with you if you wish. Did I mention the shower and the warm pool?! It feels sooooo good. Welcoming your baby this way and then staying together in your calm, cozy bubble, surrounded by warm water and peace, is so magical. I honestly believe my birth would not have been the same--or nearly as amazing--without them. They changed everything. Having them as your birth team gives you the best chance to experience the birth you dream of.

Let me tell you guys my story & how midwives of Miami saved my birth . When I found out I was…read morepregnant (37 years old) I knew I didn't want a hospital birth but I wanted to be at a facility that was near a hospital just in case. I called nearly every midwife and every location in Miami and around. I ended up going with magnolia even though it was far. But towards the end my husbands and my gut was telling us this wasn't the place. I still hadn't met the midwives that were going to attend my birth in that practice after being ther over 6 months! , just students etc. it just felt very disconnected and we decided to leave at around 7 months. (I wanted to feel secure in my decision of magnolia and I waited and waited but never did.) I ended up going the homebirth route after much thinking, found a midwife from a recommendation. (Won't mention her name because she apologized for what happened & returned my money). I debated in getting a doula until the last minute, which was Lili (from midwives of Miami), best decision i ever made. I followed my gut! My water broke 10 days before my due date. Lily was in my house in less than hour. I never felt alone w her. She asked me to also text my midwife and I did... but my midwife kept pressuring me about giving birth within 24hrs or she would have to hand me to a hospital.. which created more stress because my labor kept stalling. Well long story short, My midwife never showed up. So in the middle of my labor I no longer had anyone to help me in my birth. I was devastated, my labor completely stopped from the stress. Lily with me through the entire time, kept trying to give me hope and options... and tried to keep me calm. She said her best friend was a midwife and we could make it happen. But I didn't know Lily too much or anyone else. So I decided to take a leap of faith because I did not want an unwarranted hospital transfer. Lily came through brought Melanie, sheily and Ana. These women showed up for me last minute so I wouldn't be left alone. They left from work and came to my home to help me deliver this baby at home. With confidence!! Between them all they had so much experience in the medical field, specifically labor & delivery. (Years of experience). So I felt confident in their ability. But they trusted my ability to give birth to his baby more and I felt it! Melanie was an angel on earth, such calm. Her calm made me feel calm. I needed coaching towards the end and I followed, then my baby was out in no time!! They all acted so quick! In everything. Melanie sowed me back up, right there on my bed. Then I went straight to sleep after breastfeeding. They cleaned everything up. And I rested. I will be forever grateful for them all and for coming through in such short notice. These are the women you want on your side!! Because they TRULY love what they do! You can see& feel it. Now Lily offers postpartum care... I would jump on it all!! I wish that was an option back then. Couldn't have done it without Lily. My husband was there with me every second, but there's something about having a woman with experience there for you. My baby is about to turn a year old, and I can't wait to tell him about the angels God send my way. Love you girls so much. Thank you for the bottom of my heart I will never forget you. Ps I have to add this, Melanie never lied to me when i asked how much I have left or anything Which I appreciate! Also, they are very pro choice without judgement!! And Dr Ana now has her practice. Which is amazing, imagine not having to leave your home for that first newborn visit. She's also very pro choice.

I chose Hollywood Birth Center based on glowing recommendations from friends and my doctor's wife…read more I'd had a terrible hospital birth with my first daughter and wanted a calm, supportive environment this time. Unfortunately, since the new owner, Gelena, took over, my experience was extremely disappointing. First, I was told they accepted my insurance (Ambetter), only to find out later they didn't. After weeks of fighting with the Marketplace to switch plans, I was told the new one wasn't accepted either. I ended up paying $5,000 out-of-pocket. Communication was another nightmare. The MobileMidwife app constantly malfunctioned, and emails were frequently missed or lost. I had to make a new email address just to keep up, and once I did, the app stopped working altogether. When labor started, I followed their "5-1-1" rule (contractions five minutes apart, lasting one minute) before heading to the center--but my labor moved too quickly. By the time my water broke, I couldn't leave the house. I ended up giving birth at home. Thankfully, the midwife made it just in time to deliver my baby--but I have a friend who also used them, and her neighbor had to deliver her baby because the midwife didn't arrive in time. To make matters worse, my baby's birth certificate listed the wrong address, and I spent weeks emailing back and forth to fix their mistake. This entire experience was stressful, disorganized, and far from the safe, empowering birth I was promised. Avoid this place at all costs.

Had my second birth at home with the staff from Hollywood Birth Center and it was perfect. Mimi is…read morean incredible midwife. Not only did I feel comfortable with her the entire pregnancy but she was so calm and reassuring during labor. I truly loved both of my experiences with HBC and would never want to go to a traditional birth setting in a hospital. It is so apparent during every visit that these women truly care for mothers and babies.

After 2 years this experience still haunts me and if this can save even one future mama from what I…read morewent through.... Horrible horrible horrible experience with the doula who I paid extra for because of her experience not only as a hypnobirthing doula but also as a midwife and LC, named Sharon. I went to their open house and it was a very warm experience. I thought it was an informative experience as well but now I realize I wasted hours of my time there. Why? Because they just yes yes yes-ed me on everything. This one payment covers the entire time I am in labor? "YES". What if it takes hours or days? "Yes it's still covered" No matter how long?!? "Yes no matter how long" Can they advocate for me if the doctor does something I didn't want? "Yes absolutely" So they will confront the doctor? "Yes" Will the doula take pictures and videos of the birth? "Yes" My doula will come to me to labor at home and then we go together to the hospital? "Yes" Every single question I had I was told yes by both amazing births and the doula I ended up hiring. Of course, that was just so I end up working with them. They will tell you everything you want to hear. In reality that is not the case. My doula came to my home to labor with me in the beginning stages. I ended up in the tub alone and I'm not sure where she was but she was sleeping. At a certain point I tried to get out of the tub myself and after failing over and over I had to keep calling my doula until she woke up and came to help. When it was time to go to the hospital suddenly my doula said she has to go home to take care of a few things but will meet me there. Ok. Wish she would have informed of that earlier because I was told by her AND amazing births that she will come with me to the hospital. So she went home, fed her cats, took a nap etc. Too much time had passed and she never arrived to the hospital - I was already checked in at this point and had gone for a long walk to help progress labor (kept asking my doula what I can do to help progress my labor, should I walk because my friends doula told her to do that, but Sharon kept insisting that there is nothing I can do. Yet the second I got to the hospital the nurse told me to walk walk walk their hallways to progress the labor.) I called my friend to ask what moves I can do on the birthing ball to help and got yelled at that why am I paying for a doula and where is my doula that's her job to help me with this stuff. That's when I realized my doula has been missing for a very long time and I called her. I MID LABOR HAD TO CALL HER. She said she will be right over. Then some time passed. ALOT OF TIME. Still a no show. No phone call or follow up text either. So I had to call her again and she said the police had locked down the street and she can't get out and was still home. A health care professional in an emergency can't get out?! Really?! Only after we inquired for the backup doula was she suddenly able to sneak out. My doula did nothing to help me with my labor pains. She just sat in her chair while I tried to do breathing techniques on my own. She didn't do a single hypnobirthing technique nor did she massage me. It was a horrible experience. I had to deal with each contraction on my own and in the end couldn't handle it anymore and had to get epidural and pitocin. I also looked to her for advice on the epidural and pitocin but she just kept insisting she didn't know. She also said that if a certain Dr was the delivery driver then she had no power and it would be his way. Funny though because during the interview I told her I was looking for someone specifically to work with this doctor and she said she has it handled and in the past had even had to take him out of the room and argue with him. Ah more lies she told. So this women who didn't touch me didn't massage me and completely neglected me during labor when it came time to push guess who was right there holding my leg?!!! I was so taken aback!! No one asked her to do that. In fact we specifically had asked her to take pictures and videos during the birth. And I was stuck pushing the entire time thinking look at her standing there proudly like she earned that spot when she didn't do a single thing. Thank gd my husband realized and asked one of the hospital staff to take videos. Of course we missed out on some of it. And when the baby was born guess what Sharon did then? Snapped a picture of us on HER OWN PHONE WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION!!! Who does such a thing! I had to ask her to delete it. There's more but Yelp only allows a certain length. We were so let down by the entire experience we did not bother with the follow up. Which was a shame as my baby did need the help of an LC and ended up on formula. Choose wisely. Choose someone who you know personally worked with a doula. Don't hire blindly regardless of how great they sound on paper or in the interview. Sometimes you are better off with a good friend or family member.

This place is incredible. I went for pregnant chiropractic care and I felt so much better. Vivian…read morewas the sweetest and so gentle. I can't wait to go back!

My husband and I took Eyla's Bradley weekend workshop. This is information that every woman (and…read moreher partner) NEED to know for their pregnancy and labor. She even discusses postpartum and lactation matters and provides crucial resources in the community that every new AND experienced mother needs. I sincerely wish I would have found her for my first pregnancy (I found her for my second pregnancy). The medical system and your traditional OB provider will never even have the time to explore such topics with you and it's not information that can just be picked up off the internet. I'm so happy that Eyla and her team, it was such a necessary investment that will empower you and leave you feeling supported in every way no matter what kind of birth experience you choose. I really wish we would have been able to take the 8 week course but my husband and I were not able to this time.

I was referred to Eyla for my placenta pills. She made it easy and effortless for me during the…read morevery chaotic time of labor for me. I birthed at a hospital, she stayed in touch with me via text to be prepared to pick up my placenta no matter what time it would be ready. She came right away and took my placenta with her. The next day she sent me a picture of it while she was working on the pills. They were ready right away and she packaged them in a cute jar with the instructions on the label. The whole experience was seamless, I would recommend working with her.

It's difficult to sum into words the positive difference this place has made into our lives. This…read moremay be a little long but please read on. My husband and I came to TGP just for information on hospital birth and ended up being blessed in so many ways by the employees there. After meeting and becoming informed by Michelle, one of the owners, we decided to hire a doula in order to have assistance during the birth of our first baby. Their doula services come at different prices in order to ensure that everyone from varying financial backgrounds can have access to this vital service. Our doula, Florencia, was a rock for us during the birth. She kept me focused and ensured that I got the birth that I wanted for baby and me. All the doula services come with access to three very informative classes. Take advantage of these and their very knowledgeable team! We learned so much and met other families going through this experience. It was wonderful. I can't say enough and express how grateful I am to these ladies. They made the community real for me when I didn't think it possible. I had arranged to have the two female doctors at the practice I used be available to assist my birth. The day I went into labor, my doctor and her backup became unavailable. Leaving me to their male doctor who had been particularly unkind to me at previous visits. I was a wreck laboring thinking he would be at the delivery. My doula contacted the owners at TGP and they made magic happen. Through their help I was seen and had my baby delivered at the hospital by an amazing midwife. My situation may not be common but their assistance was amazing and made the community of women empowering child birth real to me. It goes without saying my husband and I couldn't be more grateful for their services. Our little baby boy was born healthy, naturally, and drug free this past May.

Be very very careful if you use this company to select a doula. Having a doula was incredibly…read moreimportant to me during my labor that I actually booked one from the Gathering Place at only 4 months pregnant. At 34 weeks, my doula contacted me via EMAIL to inform me she was moving out of state and no longer able to attend my birth or provide postpartum support. Frantically I tried to find a new doula but at that point there weren't many options and I did not have anytime to build rapport. They gave me an alternate doula who was listed as a level I (I paid for level IV) and then tried to suggest that their website was not up to date. They were also impossible to get in touch with and only communicated by text and email. I ended up not being able to have any doula support at very complicated early induction due to preeclampsia where I ended up having every intervention under the sun short of a c section to make sure my daughter could be safely delivered. My daughter just came home from nicu and I have no postpartum support - my family does not live near me and with the covid resurgence they are not able to come - another reason why I wanted a doula. The kicker is, the Gathering Place won't even give me a full refund after all of this. If having a doula is an important part of your birth plan or postpartum plan, I would highly recommend going elsewhere to ensure you actually have one when your baby actually arrives.

I'm so grateful I had Inara Arauz as my doula for my son's birth! She made a great difference in my…read morelabor experience. From early on, she offered thoughtful guidance on exercises, breathing techniques, and what to expect throughout the birthing process, which helped me feel more prepared and less overwhelmed. We were all impressed by her knowledge of the birthing process, babies, and how confidently she guided me along the way. When it came time for labor, her support was exactly what I needed. She helped me work through contractions, kept me grounded with my breathing, and created a calm, reassuring environment. Her care feels truly personal, and it's clear she's passionate about what she does. I would absolutely recommend her to anyone looking for an amazing doula!

I truly cannot put into words how grateful I am for MothersRetreat and specifically Amber. Having…read moreher as my doula was one of the best decisions I made for my birth experience. From the very beginning, she made me feel supported, educated, and completely empowered. Going into this pregnancy, a successful VBAC was incredibly important to me and Amber believed in me every step of the way. She never wavered in her confidence, even in moments when I needed extra reassurance. Her calm presence, steady encouragement, and deep knowledge made such a difference in helping me feel safe and strong during labor. Because of her support, I was able to achieve the VBAC I so deeply hoped for. That experience was healing, powerful, and something I will cherish forever. She advocated for me, guided my husband in how to support me, and created an environment where I felt completely heard and respected. Amber isn't just a doula she is a gift. Thank you so much to mothersRetreat and If you are looking for someone who will stand beside you with compassion, strength, and unwavering belief in your body and your birth, she is the one. I will forever be thankful she was by our side as we welcomed our baby girl into the world.

Dr. Helen Salsbury addressed my concerns immediately and I am very happy with my visit.read more

Anne and Helen Salsbury are the best OB/GYN in the state so professional and understanding. This is…read morea really fabulous office and their front staff make it a really positive experience. They were always understanding, professional, communicative and organized.

Dr Davila, Delivered both of my babies! I can not begin to…read moreexpress the gratitude and the way she makes you feel at ease with something that can be complicated! Gives compassionate care! She listens intently and makes sure even just with simple GYN issues to make sure she figures out what can be done. Her office staff has gone through some changes over the years but it is a welcoming environment. I would with out a doubt recommend everyone and if I could give more than 5 stars I would!

Dr. Davila delivered my son 25 years ago. Very nice doctor and easy going personailty. Office…read moreappointments different story. I arrived 3/12/25 at 2:45 pm for 3:15 pm appointment for an annual vist. I didn't leave the office until 5 pm. I was walking out the front door and nursing staff coming out the side door going home for the night. The cleaning staff was arriving to clean offices in the hospital. I ended up taking 1/2 day vacation day in order to be paid for my time away from work. I am a patient person and I don't complain as I know babies come when they want to come, but to forget you have a patient in your lobby waiting who made an appointment 3 weeks before is not good at all.