Nicole is amazing! Her placenta encapsulation services were incredibly professional and very…read moreresponsive. Her post-partum doula services have been tremendously supportive to me and my new baby. She has been integral to the well-being of our family!

I highly recommend Nicole if you're interested in placenta encapsulation. The whole process was a…read morepleasant one. She was kind, professional, easy to contact & quick to repond. I received the product in a timely manner & it was inexpensive. I'm very happy with her services!

When pregnant with our son, I decided to opt out of a planned hospital birth and instead to birth…read moreat Pacifica Family Maternity Center (in Berkeley, Calif.). This is where my wife and I met Kim. At the time, she was a student midwife, and was in the room during our son's birth and in charge of helping him once born. It was during the postpartum home visits and during the postpartum birth center visits that we really got to know one another. She was knowledgeable, supportive, understanding, and non-judgmental. For obvious reasons, it was really important to my wife and I to have care providers that were queer-friendly. Kim was nothing but amazing on this front. When my wife got pregnant with our daughter and opted for a hospital birth, we knew we wanted to work with a doula to help us navigate her pregnancy, the hospital, and postpartum care. Kim was the first person we called. Throughout my wife's pregnancy, she guided us to resources, helped us create a birth plan, and made sure we were well-informed about how a hospital birth would differ from a birth center birth. During labor at the hospital, she was the primary care provider (the nurses left us largely alone until it was time for my wife to start pushing), and then helped us navigate the various questions and decisions that come up during the birthing process, and our OB's assertions about what "should" occur. Having her help us navigate this latter part, in particular, was really important, and she did so professionally and unquestioningly with the best interests of both our daughter and my wife in mind. Her postpartum care, again, was of an incredibly high quality. We looked forward to her visits and used them as a time to ask questions about our newborn as well as a time to reflect on and process the birthing experience itself. She also helped us navigate our many feelings/struggles/joys of having a newborn and a toddler at home with both practical strategies and empathy. She made herself readily available via text message and phone for any questions that arose. We appreciated her sliding scale pricing for the opportunity it provides to more families to access midwifery services. Since the birth of our daughter (and before she moved to the East Coast), I had the good fortune to run into Kim at a local coffee shop on a couple of occasions. When we did see each other, she enthusiastically asked to see pictures of both kids and answered specific questions about the postpartum recovery process (she is incredibly knowledgeable about natural herbs and remedies as well as over-the-counter options). If it is not already evident, I cannot recommend Kim highly enough and will be eternally grateful for her care during the births of both of our children.

Kim was my midwife in 2020 and it was a great birth experience. Her prenatal and postpartum care as…read morealso top-notch.

I had an amazing homebirth experience with Jessica and her team. I wish I had used her for my first…read morebirth. If you are considering a homebirth, I would highly recommend Jessica as apart of your story. She is compassionate, respectful, knowledgeable and professional. She is extremely clean and COVID-19 safe.

I am receiving my prenatal care with Jessica Mills, APRN, CNM, and planning my home birth through…read morecall the midwife. Really love the hospitality and knowledge they carry. It is relieving to know they work with insurances. I'm excited to plan my water birth in the comfort of our home, with my husband and 4 year old and looking forward to see the outcome with baby number two. Obviously, we can't predict if there will be emergencies or not, but having the support of the midwives keeps the anxiety levels down! Jessica is very easy to connect and bond with and always has an educated response to my questions. Wish I found her four years ago!

The Concord Birth Center was out of this world incredible. My wife and I just had our first child…read more10 hrs ago. Kate our lead midwife was nothing short of 10 out of 10. We arrived at the center at 6:30pm. As a man I super curious about how a natural birth would go. However, I got to experience the most beautiful gift I have ever received up close and personal. It was difficult to watch my wife go through the struggle, however, Kate was on top of every move. She had my wife in a tub, in different positions for different phases of the pregnancy. And come to find out she is coming up on her 800 birth that she has been apart of. To anyone who is looking for an alternative to the hospital experience and can handle a natural birth, I recommend this place with full enthusiasm. Our baby girl was delivered at 11:17pm. The birth could not have gone any smoother. I am so grateful to Kate and her assistant Bryn. Words can not express our gratitude. Outstanding job!!!! Thank you for playing such a huge part in one of the greatest days of our lives. You two are the BEST!!!!!

From the owner: We are a midwife-led freestanding birth center in Concord, NH, offering professional and…read morepersonalized prenatal, postpartum, and childbirth services. We support your vision of birth, including home birth, water birth, and VBAC. We are dedicated to providing the highest standard of care, offering an intricate balance of tradition and technology. Midwives are the facilitators of natural process and reserve intervention, invasive testing and procedures for situations outside the parameters of normal. We also recognize that parents value and honor the experience of pregnancy and birth as much as the health of mothers and babies. We allow as much time as needed to listen, interact and educate -- encouraging families to be proactive, to make truly informed decisions about their care. Call us to tour the birth center, and to learn more about what truly collaborative, family-centered midwifery care looks like.

We love this dance studio. Both my 11 year old daughter and I are in our second year dancing there…read moreand enjoy the classes as well as the community. We love performing in the recital and the teachers give great instruction, run wonderful classes that are a great mix of high quality instruction and fun, inspiring students to take it seriously without the environment feeling overly competitive. For me in particular, joining MAMA's adult program is the best thing I've done for myself in years. I recommend this place to anyone I know who loves dance classes!

We have been with MAMA for five years now, from Young Dancer to Adult classes and we love…read moreeverything! The director is easy to talk to and always willing to answer questions, the administration has phenomenal customer service as well. And the teachers! All of them are caring and supportive of every student, meeting them right where they are, encouraging and knowledgeable about their subject. Money well spent!! The productions are original and inspiring, my kids and I love being part of the MAMA family!

Michelle was much more helpful than all the lactation consultants that we saw in the hospital. She…read moregoes beyond "lactation 101" to identify the problem and provide solutions. She was kind and understanding and provided great follow-up. I also want to say that the only negative review (from years ago) I saw on here talked about unnecessary pressure on the mom to breastfeed, etc, and I have to say that was not at all like my recent experience. Michelle was very good at balancing both baby and mom needs, and made it clear she didn't want to push to do anything I didn't want to do, even asking questions like "what is going to give you and your baby the best quality of life?" to help us decide how we want to proceed given the difficulties we were having. I definitely recommend her services.

In just one session, Michelle completely transformed breastfeeding from a fairly stressful task to…read morea purely enjoyable time spent between me and my baby. Her approach was simple, straightforward, and effective and her caring and compassionate demeanor made the learning process easy and stress-free. I highly recommend Michelle for any of your lactation needs!