I had a long and challenging labor, and Tori was there to help every step of the way. She was a soothing and encouraging presence with so many helpful techniques, plus an awesome collaborator with the hospital staff. My husband and I are so grateful for how she guided us through the birth of our first child, from the preparations to the labor and delivery. We are all doing well, and much credit for that goes to Tori!

We absolutely loved working with Tori for taking care of our newborn. Her calm presence, expert advice, and gentle care made a world of difference for both our baby and us. She supported us with compassion, patience and full of encouragement. We felt seen and supported along the way. We’re so grateful to have had her by our side – Thank you Tori!

Emerald City Doulas Found us exactly what we were looking for. That wasn’t easy, since we were moving from Tacoma to Seattle just some two weeks after delivery. But luckily to their great service we had a doula who was able to be there from the first day we needed her and also once we had arrived in Seattle. Great job you guys!

Tori was such an important piece of our labor story. I ended up laboring unmedicated much longer than anticipated and Tori’s support, tools, and pain management techniques truly are the only things that got me through to 8cm unmedicated. She consistently offered advice about switching up positions and also was unwaveringly empathetic to the situation. We are so happy we chose to hire a Doula and we are LUCKY we ended up with Tori.

Tori was our birth and postpartum doula. She was an amazing support for us before the birth as well as during. I had a complicated labor and Tori helped us every step of the way with unwavering support. We were lucky enough to also have some postpartum support from her during the first few critical weeks home, helping us understand some of our son’s queues, tips to improve breastfeeding, and more importantly, to help us stay rested when sleep is tough to come by! She is kind, patient, supportive, and I cannot recommend her enough.

We have worked with Tori for two postpartum sessions a month since I gave birth (now on to our 3rd month). She has been fantastic and such a great help in every way. She has provided emotional support (especially in the early days) and practical help (how do I set up this baby brezza?!), and answered all of our new parent questions. Tori was very quick to pick up on what our baby and family needed, and how our house works! She is efficient and proactive. She is gentle and kind with our baby girl and I have complete trust in her. I so look forward to our sessions and always feel so much better after she has visited.

We loved having Tori as our doula! She was always available and ready to answer any of our questions and concerns before the baby arrived and after! Having her by our side in the delivery room made us both more relaxed and prepared. She came to check on us for our postpartum visit and helped with some breastfeeding tips as well as answering general questions! Thank you Tori!!!

Tori was truly exceptional as our birth and postpartum doula. Her extensive knowledge, compassion, professionalism, and unwavering support made a world of difference in our birthing experience. Our labor was long and challenging, but Tori remained by our side the entire time, providing tireless support. Her expertise in body massage, along with her calm and reassuring verbal guidance, helped my wife manage the pain and successfully bring our baby into the world. We genuinely couldn’t have done it without Tori’s incredible assistance. We highly recommend her services to anyone in need of a doula!

Throughout the pregnancy, Tori checked in on our progress and how we were doing mentally/emotionally. During our prenatal appointments, Tori took the time to educate us about the birthing process, pain management techniques, and how my partner could best support me throughout labor. When it came time to deliver, Tori was extremely supportive, reminding us of coping techniques, helping us make decisions about the delivery, and evaluating risks and benefits. Lastly, Tori made sure we were supported in recovery at the hospital and once we returned home. During our postnatal appointment, Tori had great notes from the birth which made reflecting on the birth easier and allowed us to “close the chapter” nicely. We can’t thank Tori enough for her love, support, knowledge, and positive energy and plan to work with Tori again in the future.

I cannot recommend Emerald City Doulas highly enough! Christi and Tori are exceptional professionals who made an incredible impact on our journey through pregnancy and postpartum.

Christi is a true gem. Her extensive knowledge, compassion, and skill were evident from our first interaction. She provided invaluable support throughout labor, addressing all our questions and guiding us with clarity and empathy. Her assistance in making informed decisions before, during, and after pregnancy was nothing short of amazing. Thanks to Christi, our entire experience was not only manageable but truly magical.

Tori, our massage therapist/doula, is outstanding. Her gentle and healing touch made a significant difference during our postpartum period. The home visits were incredibly convenient and her massages provided much-needed relief and relaxation.

If I could give Emerald City Doulas 10 stars, I would! Their dedication and expertise are unparalleled, and I wholeheartedly recommend their services to anyone seeking exceptional support and care.

Thank you for all your help, support, love and expertise!!!

I HIGHLY recommend working with Emerald City Doulas, especially if this is your first birth experience. Our family engaged with Emerald City Doulas earlier this year for birth doula services. Paula walked me through so much valuable information up-front, including the experience we could expect with a labor doula. She made the contracting experience easy and accommodating. We interviewed many well-qualified doulas at Emerald City Doulas, and eventually worked with Heather. We found each person associated with Emerald City Doulas to be professional and highly experienced in their craft.

Bekah has been great! She’s very kind and helpful, and she’s great with our daughter. We really enjoy working with her and appreciate all of her help.

I had the pleasure of working with Heather for the labor of my first baby. Heather had such a positive impact on my birth experience that I can’t imagine what it would have been like without her. She is extremely knowledgable, kind, caring and respectful of you and your wishes. If you are looking for a Doula that will support you through one of the most difficult experiences of your life with a calm, kind, supportive demeanor; Heather is who you are looking for! I cannot recommend her enough!

Things with Jylane are going great — we don’t know what we would do without her, she is so wonderful. Couldn’t recommend her enough!

Our experience with Emerald City Doulas was outstanding. Paula responded quickly to our request for information and set up a meeting to learn about our needs and walk us through ECD’s process. They quickly identified doulas willing and available to work with us, and we met each briefly over Zoom. While many of them highlighted the same things (no judgment for our birth choices, etc.), there was good variety in level of experience, communication style, and overall vibe. There are so many excellent doulas at this agency that you are sure to find one to fit your needs.

We ended up selecting Sarah because of her competent and fun demeanor, as well as how she structured her questions to get to know us. All of our pre-birth meetings went great. She educated us on labor and delivery, provided scientifically informed (per our preference) resources on many topics, and coached us in early labor practices. She was very communicative, prompt, and just felt cool to be around.

During labor and delivery, Sarah was a major support to my partner as he helped me navigate through contractions. Just having her there put us both at ease and helped us understand what was going on from a medical standpoint. We were delighted to catch up with her at the postpartum visit and debrief on labor and delivery.

We worked with Tori for our labor and birth of our first child. Tori was passionate about providing a good delivery experience to us right from the prenatal appointments. Having Tori by our side, our birth experience was really fulfilling. I labored for 12 hours and delivered the baby in 26 mins post 10cm dilation. Tori helped me make the right choices through my labor experience. I would highly recommend the agency and especially Tori as a birth doula! Would want to work with the agency even for my second child!

As first time parents we reached out to Emerald City Doulas when our little girl was a week old. At the time I had a lot PP anxiety and my husband was going back to work. We were looking for someone that could provide both expertise/guidance about random newborn questions (instead of Googling at 1am!) and a trusted person who could take care of our daughter so I could catch up on sleep.  What we got was SO much more!

The entire process was super seamless and easy. After reaching out, ECD got back to me VERY quickly and I had an intro call with Paula (who is amazing!) to determine our needs. Within less than a day she provided several doula recommendations and set up intro calls for us to meet with each of them. Everyone we met with was incredibly kind, experienced, and certified. We felt the most connection with Heather – who is truly incredible – and the rest is history!

Not only is Heather extremely knowledgeble, certified/dedicated to her craft, and professional; she is also very nurturing, caring, and treated our daughter like her own. Heather’s overall vibe is very calming and kind. After working with Heather for almost 8 weeks, my daughter and me are completely different people – for the better. My little one is sleeping amazing, taking a bottle, breastfeeding, and developing so well – all things we worked on with Heather. Through her support, I am a better mother to my little girl, because not only am I getting more sleep, but I also had Heather as an amazing resource to ask all my random new parent questions (instead of going down the black hole which is the internet). If we could have Heather with us forever would! We can’t recommend her enough.

‘Ilima has been amazing and she takes great care of our son JJ.

She is kind, caring, very attentive and was extremely helpful during the initial days of my postpartum. She is always willing to help us in any capacity she can.

We loved working with Audrey! I wish we could have had her longer, but she was wonderful — so loving with our baby, so great with me, and so easy to talk to.

Jylane and Rita have been incredible support for us and we really love them being so nice, supportive, knowledgeable and professional.